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nitroglycerin
Looking at the common stainless steels, it appears as though none are ideally suited for contact wit ...
20-2-2015 at 15:39
by: Hennig Brand
Homemade Overhead Stirrer
Thanks for the ideas. For now I am going to try and use what I have lying around though.

It isn't ...
19-2-2015 at 13:59
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
I was planning an using a piece of Teflon sled runner, which would act like a large stir bar except ...
16-2-2015 at 16:16
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
I have been through a lot of the important heat transfer calculations in the last half a dozen posts ...
16-2-2015 at 04:41
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Very interesting method you have laid out for us. I probably have a few hundred grams of silver nitr ...
15-2-2015 at 10:05
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Just realized I messed up the calculation for the amount of ice needed on the last page of this thre ...
14-2-2015 at 05:50
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
The flakes are likely passed through one or more sets of rollers to flatten them out to their final ...
11-2-2015 at 04:25
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
Just wanted to point out that the DNT used in propellant formulations is not normally pure 2,4 DNT e ...
10-2-2015 at 04:37
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based

Thanks Bert, that sounds like a good tip. Do you think that methanol could be substituted for the ...
9-2-2015 at 12:35
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
I may make an extrusion press yet, but for now the spaghetti press was only $15 delivered. The raw f ...
9-2-2015 at 06:14
by: Hennig Brand
RDX synthesis
Yes, I failed to mention that the "heads" (the tiny fraction which comes over at the start of the di ...
9-2-2015 at 05:51
by: Hennig Brand
drying white phosphorus
"Purification of Laboratory Chemicals" simply says to dry under vacuum.
8-2-2015 at 20:48
by: Hennig Brand
RDX synthesis
The laborious and technically demanding part for most people is getting the nitric acid as concentra ...
8-2-2015 at 20:24
by: Hennig Brand
RDX synthesis
That is the big advantage, much less highly concentrated, high purity, nitric acid is required.
8-2-2015 at 19:59
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
DNT is used in fairly large quantities in some propellants (10% or more), that and the functions it ...
8-2-2015 at 19:53
by: Hennig Brand
drying white phosphorus
How about putting the wet sample of P in a drying tube and passing a stream of inert gas through unt ...
8-2-2015 at 19:23
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
Overhead stirrers can also be run so that they don't contact the sides or bottom of the reaction ves ...
8-2-2015 at 17:07
by: Hennig Brand
RDX synthesis
[rquote=391162&tid=250&author=ScubaDiver]Call me frugal but is not 50 cents per gram a bit p ...
8-2-2015 at 16:22
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
Interesting post you found there. I found the following in, "Chemistry of High-Energy Materials" by ...
8-2-2015 at 15:43
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
The following was taken from "TM 9-1900, Ammunition, General" 1942 edition (pg. 33). The way it is s ...
8-2-2015 at 11:24
by: Hennig Brand
Some of the sticky's are too effing big
Everyone has to prioritize. You may not have time to read all the stickies, because of higher priori ...
7-2-2015 at 14:57
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
I think it should be stickied. It is turning into a great thread.

The following copy/paste is fro ...
7-2-2015 at 13:29
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
When and if I try a large batch such as was described by the above calculations, I will use a small ...
7-2-2015 at 08:54
by: Hennig Brand
Gun Propellants: Single, Double and Tripple based
Interesting finds, thanks. I am kind of interested in using DNT as a deterrent coating now.

I ha ...
7-2-2015 at 08:06
by: Hennig Brand
Short question / quick answer - Thread
I also read that very good article a while ago. I didn't rinse the battery for a full hour, but I mo ...
6-2-2015 at 13:07
by: Hennig Brand
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