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Suicide bombers and TATP
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The plastification of acetone peroxide ("cooking" the explosive to form it as nee ...
19-3-2004 at 14:09
by: Esplosivo
AN coating.
Ammonium Nitrate is acidic in solution beacuse it is made from a strong acid and a weak base. AN di ...
19-3-2004 at 14:00
by: Esplosivo
Radical solution to cosmetical problem
Besides being carcinogens chlorinated hydrocarbons are toxic because of the chloro group. The smalle ...
19-3-2004 at 13:48
by: Esplosivo
Long chain ether syntheses
Thanks for the suggestion. Tert-butyl ethers can be prepared by the addition of equimolar quantities ...
19-3-2004 at 13:29
by: Esplosivo
ammonium nitrate purification
Well regarding purity, it is probably best to use KNO3, which would yield better results.

Sir Dud ...
18-3-2004 at 23:14
by: Esplosivo
Long chain ether syntheses
Thanks for the input. I was thinking about some ether having a volatility of approximately that of p ...
18-3-2004 at 23:00
by: Esplosivo
possible racing fuel?
Yes sorry, now I've noticed my mistake. Well methanol is quite volatile (bpt = 65 deg. Celcius) ...
18-3-2004 at 13:56
by: Esplosivo
ammonium nitrate purification
If the fertilizer does contain NaCl, it will react with conc. Sulphuric acid to liberated HCl fumes. ...
18-3-2004 at 09:36
by: Esplosivo
possible racing fuel?
Another dangerous property of such a mixture:

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May detonate if sensitized by amines, alka ...
18-3-2004 at 08:56
by: Esplosivo
possible racing fuel?
Ammonium Nitrate is greatly sensitized by nitromethane. This makes the mixture high unstable, and in ...
18-3-2004 at 08:51
by: Esplosivo
Long chain ether syntheses
Yeah, that is nice to know lol. Well maybe the reaction is not 'perfect' after all. I don& ...
18-3-2004 at 08:32
by: Esplosivo
Long chain ether syntheses
The process is feasable. The only damn disadvantage is that ethylene oxide is a gas at rtp! That wil ...
18-3-2004 at 08:10
by: Esplosivo
Drain cleaner
After taking a look to the MSDS of both thymol and phenol one can see that strong bases are incompat ...
18-3-2004 at 08:01
by: Esplosivo
Long chain ether syntheses
I made some search on google and I didn't find any good info about this ethylenoxide. Could you ...
18-3-2004 at 07:22
by: Esplosivo
any suggestions?
littlebigguy06 I am just curious. Why the hack are you going to use HEs as 'fireworks' in ...
18-3-2004 at 06:44
by: Esplosivo
Long chain ether syntheses
Ethers are very good solvents, and very important (or essential) in 'solvent extraction' s ...
18-3-2004 at 06:27
by: Esplosivo
Making Nitrous Oxide
When decomposing Ammonium Nitrate other nitrogen oxides will form, NOx, which are irritant, toxic an ...
17-3-2004 at 03:36
by: Esplosivo
Drain cleaner
Saerynide, I suppose that the role of dettol in not that of a catalyst but of an emulsifying agent. ...
17-3-2004 at 03:20
by: Esplosivo
MgSO4
If the chalk was coloured it would have influenced the resulting mixture. Actually the easiest way t ...
17-3-2004 at 03:13
by: Esplosivo
Drain cleaner
The NaNO3 in the drain cleaner reacts with a mixture of Al and NaOH to produce Ammonia. This genera ...
17-3-2004 at 03:02
by: Esplosivo
MgSO4
Epsom salts being the heptahydrate can be heated in a stream of dry air, such as in an oven, to remo ...
17-3-2004 at 02:15
by: Esplosivo
Nitromethane synthesis
I would like to use it to sensitise explosives like Ammonium Nitrate. When I'll have the chance ...
10-2-2004 at 14:14
by: Esplosivo
Nitromethane synthesis
Thanks for the information.

Btw, would nitroethane have similar properties to nitromethane, or w ...
10-2-2004 at 08:24
by: Esplosivo
Nitromethane synthesis
Can nitromethane be produced by boiling methanol and Nitric acid under reflux? I am not sure but I t ...
10-2-2004 at 02:34
by: Esplosivo

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