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Trinitrotoluene preparation
Here is document of interest. It has a graph showing critical diameter of cast Pentolite as a functi ...
16-3-2015 at 04:41
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Very true, a preheated water bath would be much safer. Using a glass vessel directly on a hotplate i ...
15-3-2015 at 16:22
by: Hennig Brand
ETN: Recrystallized Yield & Melting Point Determination
Equilibrium moisture content was again reached and the recrystallized yield is better than I predict ...
14-3-2015 at 09:03
by: Hennig Brand
Issues Associated with ETN Recrystallizations from Methanol
Performing the ETN synthesis described in the last few posts has caused me to remember a few things ...
12-3-2015 at 17:13
by: Hennig Brand
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
For milling aluminum I used 3/8" steel slingshot ammunition (steel balls), of course a mill drum lar ...
11-3-2015 at 10:30
by: Hennig Brand
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
I have made flake aluminum powder several different times in a 4" ball mill and it worked well. It d ...
10-3-2015 at 10:04
by: Hennig Brand
The lead salts preparation thread!
I discussed producing lead monoxide and lead nitrate from the lead dioxide from an old lead acid bat ...
8-3-2015 at 07:56
by: Hennig Brand
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
The electric match heads made of black powder bound in NC behave differently when lit than loose bla ...
8-3-2015 at 07:29
by: Hennig Brand
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
I have used single strands of fine steel wool as bridge wires before I obtained a roll of fine nichr ...
7-3-2015 at 15:36
by: Hennig Brand
Short question / quick answer - Thread
I was always under the impression that large crystals of solid explosives were normally considered t ...
7-3-2015 at 10:00
by: Hennig Brand
ETN synthesis problem
It is an equilibrium reaction, so the nitration can go in the opposite direction. For instance, this ...
7-3-2015 at 08:36
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Equilibrium moisture content finally appears to have been reached. Here are a couple of pictures of ...
7-3-2015 at 06:14
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin

The following solubility data was taken from, Characterization of Erythritol Tetranitrate. Part I: ...
5-3-2015 at 14:33
by: Hennig Brand
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
Apologies, I wasn't following the thread closely enough. How about thermalite fuse/igniter cord? It ...
5-3-2015 at 10:35
by: Hennig Brand
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
Wikipedia has a good page on solid fuel rockets. There can be errors in Wikipedia pages, but they ar ...
5-3-2015 at 09:00
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
It's a work in progress. :D
What I thought I was seeing, a long time ago, was that even small amoun ...
4-3-2015 at 11:47
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Thanks, I know that you like making equipment too. If I know you though, construction would likely h ...
4-3-2015 at 06:28
by: Hennig Brand
304 Stainless Steel and HDPE Held Up Well In Nitration Acid
I will just give a brief description here and possibly later something more thorough with more pictu ...
3-3-2015 at 18:46
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
What you said about needing to test the burn rate under some sort of pressurized condition is import ...
1-3-2015 at 01:07
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
No, I haven't tried that. Fibrous propellants, as apposed to colloided propellants, normally produce ...
28-2-2015 at 09:14
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
A drill press is an option. I like how most drill presses are more robust than cordless drills and h ...
26-2-2015 at 18:17
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Bert, I was interested in those other special super low corrosion rate stainless steels as well. The ...
23-2-2015 at 12:07
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Found a decent compatibility table with lots of information for nitration acids in contact with diff ...
22-2-2015 at 09:09
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Yeah, using uncolored white HDPE would probably be best, you are right.

I have used the same HDP ...
22-2-2015 at 08:11
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
There is no point and no need of being offended. Anyone who came new to this forum and asked for hel ...
21-2-2015 at 17:32
by: Hennig Brand
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