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Cheddite energy content
Commercial cheesecake has an energy density of approximately 13 000 KJ/Kg. The high explosive TNT re ...
5-3-2013 at 16:19
by: Hennig Brand
Transesterification
I don't think you are observing transesterification. Picric acid is a nitro aromatic not a nitric es ...
5-3-2013 at 15:07
by: Hennig Brand
Proper Neutralization of Nitroglycerine
I like the acetone idea and it’s not the first time I have seen it. I have seen that method mentio ...
4-3-2013 at 16:43
by: Hennig Brand
Chlorate-Aluminum-Sulfur Chinese Firecracker Compositions & Storage Stability
Here is a report, based on a study of chlorate firecracker safety, done by the Chinese. The report e ...
13-11-2012 at 00:37
by: Hennig Brand
Chlorate-Aluminum-Sulfur Chinese Firecracker Compositions & Storage Stability
I know that mixtures using Chlorates and Sulfur are notoriously dangerous, and are considered off li ...
11-11-2012 at 07:57
by: Hennig Brand
NAN3 synth
In my last post I discussed safety a bit. The bit about being careful during freebasing was in refer ...
30-8-2012 at 05:42
by: Hennig Brand
Styphnic acid/ Lead Styphnate troubles
[rquote=257339&tid=21124&author=caterpillar]Two remarks. As I read in a solid russian book o ...
17-8-2012 at 06:49
by: Hennig Brand
Styphnic acid/ Lead Styphnate troubles
From wiki page:

Solubility of lead oxide in water

0.00504 g/100 mL (alpha form)
0.01065 g/10 ...
17-8-2012 at 04:23
by: Hennig Brand
Styphnic acid/ Lead Styphnate troubles
You can use sodium hydroxide, or probably sodium carbonate or bicarbonate even to produce sodium sty ...
16-8-2012 at 10:31
by: Hennig Brand
Styphnic acid/ Lead Styphnate troubles
The following quote is by chemoleo, from the thread "[b]Styphnic acid and lead styphnate[/b]". That ...
15-8-2012 at 12:38
by: Hennig Brand
Trinitrotoluene preparation
No problem. For the forum library use the following link.

http://www.sciencemadness.org

Look a ...
24-7-2012 at 10:33
by: Hennig Brand
Trinitrotoluene preparation
I did do a sulfite wash. I also remember that I had to rinse an awful lot in order to get all of the ...
20-7-2012 at 08:32
by: Hennig Brand
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Last year I experimented with nitrating toluene. I used ammonium nitrate and draincleaner sulfuric a ...
19-7-2012 at 06:28
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
I apologize for the multiple posting, but I thought I should make a correction to the previous posts ...
17-7-2012 at 16:40
by: Hennig Brand
Noob looking for simple shock sensitive explosives
Many very storage stable explosives can be easily initiated by much, much less than a supersonic rif ...
12-7-2012 at 17:07
by: Hennig Brand
Noob looking for simple shock sensitive explosives
I don't think any of the following are good, safe or simple replacements for AN/Al. Plane old 70/30 ...
12-7-2012 at 16:54
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
It was stated in the above 1940's journal that the Picric Acid used during testing was a very good c ...
12-7-2012 at 14:45
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
Edit:
Someone following this may want to use only the first table and corresponding equation. I thi ...
12-7-2012 at 10:17
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
I just googled cartridge heaters and they do look like they would be the proper thing. Power resisto ...
12-7-2012 at 07:46
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
A thermocouple probe and meter would be the right idea. I have a couple of cheap units, that are par ...
11-7-2012 at 14:45
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
Thanks, I still need to learn more general chemistry, but I know a lot more than I did three years a ...
10-7-2012 at 19:29
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
The best use of time and other resources, I think, is to run a strong single stage nitration right t ...
10-7-2012 at 10:42
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
Shellite 60/40 was used, but it seems that Shellite 70/30 was more common after WWI. There seem to b ...
5-7-2012 at 14:23
by: Hennig Brand
Mr. Anonymous: azo-clathrate primaries
I was browsing through the following text and came across a section that referenced the Kenney paten ...
27-6-2012 at 14:51
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
I like the idea of a melting point apparatus. Now that I have read the last few posts I have more of ...
27-6-2012 at 14:27
by: Hennig Brand
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