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picramic acid from picric
I am not yet getting anywhere near 100% yields with the method I am using, but I believe my picramat ...
6-2-2014 at 12:15
by: Hennig Brand
Success
Picric acid (1.5g) was pressed into the ~7.6mm id aluminum arrow shaft with a lever press and an add ...
6-2-2014 at 11:57
by: Hennig Brand
picramic acid from picric
The sulfides are what are typically used though aren't they? From the little bit I have seen there h ...
5-2-2014 at 13:59
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
I wouldn't trust a picric acid cap to function reliably at 5-6mm id with any primary. The tolerances ...
5-2-2014 at 04:35
by: Hennig Brand
picramic acid from picric
I think he is referring to some of the non sulfide reducing agents that have been experimented with. ...
4-2-2014 at 19:49
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
Makes a lot of sense. Yeah, cross sectional area is proportional to the square of the diameter. Doub ...
4-2-2014 at 19:32
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
You could have a point there, I don't know. The DDNP solution is constantly pushed ever so slowly in ...
4-2-2014 at 14:26
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
Thanks for the good links; they have cleared up a few things for me. For one thing, DDNP does have i ...
4-2-2014 at 09:16
by: Hennig Brand
Sodium Picramate - Experimental
Some more sodium picramate was made and this time greater care was used to record some of the reacti ...
4-2-2014 at 08:27
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
Thanks, yeah the old document I was using as a reference had pretty sparse details regarding reenfor ...
3-2-2014 at 19:09
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
It's not that I ever disagreed with you on this, but let’s just say I agree with you a lot more th ...
3-2-2014 at 18:29
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
The aluminum arrow is just a hair under 5/16" id (~7.6-7.8mm), which is significantly under 9mm. "Pr ...
3-2-2014 at 17:02
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
Interesting video. The inside diameter of that charge looks to be at least 3/8" and maybe closer to ...
3-2-2014 at 13:43
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
How much acetone peroxide did you you use to detonate your picric acid and at what diameter?
3-2-2014 at 13:04
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
DDNP is one of the least sensitive primaries, reasonably stable and compatible with picric acid. I w ...
3-2-2014 at 10:53
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
[rquote=317685&tid=439&author=roXefeller]But you got the DDNP to detonate... are you just ho ...
3-2-2014 at 02:51
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP Test Again
The crystals obtained from the agitated (stirred) evaporative recrystallization were nicely formed a ...
2-2-2014 at 14:02
by: Hennig Brand
Disassembly of 22LR Round
Regarding wet nitrocellulose, water provides a continuous liquid phase, throughout the explosive mas ...
2-2-2014 at 09:02
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
Good point, I was thinking that the material I was using was very coarse, but I was unsure of how mu ...
1-2-2014 at 10:04
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
I do where I will be in a couple of days, but I don't today. Yeah, that might be a good idea and it ...
31-1-2014 at 15:05
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
The reinforced detonator description I used to help guide the design of my own came from an old tech ...
31-1-2014 at 14:04
by: Hennig Brand
Reinforced Detonator
I attempted to improve my DDNP detonator design today and detonate some picric acid. A reinforced de ...
31-1-2014 at 13:48
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
I do understand the concept and you have worded it well. I don't know how to quantify it exactly at ...
30-1-2014 at 14:42
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP & related compounds: The über thread!
I have always wanted to make small detonators, but yeah I think your right I may have gone too small ...
30-1-2014 at 10:16
by: Hennig Brand
DDNP Testing
[b]Test 1:[/b]

Cap:
0.5 g PETN base charge
0.2 g DDNP primary (high density material from evapo ...
30-1-2014 at 08:12
by: Hennig Brand
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