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nitroglycerin
There is a lot of myth and legend surrounding nitroglycerin. There have been some terrible accidents ...
13-6-2012 at 11:58
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
The solubility of lead picrate is extremely low compared to picric acid. They would most likely have ...
11-6-2012 at 02:51
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
I have only ever used trinitroresorcinol to make lead styphnate, so I don't have any personal experi ...
10-6-2012 at 03:55
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
I used to use a saturated NaCl solution to dry NG, but I find now that it is usually just extra both ...
9-6-2012 at 10:20
by: Hennig Brand
PROBLEM DETONATING PICRIC ACID
Picric acid is very insensitive compared to most of the other explosives we experiment with. Its sen ...
9-6-2012 at 09:49
by: Hennig Brand
Electroforming Copper Liners
I have wanted to try stainless steel for a while. I actually purchased some 1 inch SS round stock ab ...
8-6-2012 at 15:05
by: Hennig Brand
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Thanks for the feedback and I like your method of locking a cone into a steel pipe.

The black pip ...
6-6-2012 at 18:31
by: Hennig Brand
Electroforming Copper Liners
I just recently got back into electroforming and things have not gone perfectly smoothly. I realized ...
6-6-2012 at 16:53
by: Hennig Brand
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Well here are a few pictures from a shaped charge experiment. Performance was nothing to brag about, ...
6-6-2012 at 15:02
by: Hennig Brand
Copper Electroforming & Troubleshooting
This is the best write-up I have seen so far. The whole thing is worth a read, but it also has quick ...
3-6-2012 at 16:01
by: Hennig Brand
cheddite
There is a good section in the COPAE on Cheddites. I have included a snip-it from the text.
3-6-2012 at 09:33
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
From the little bit I have read about it, fullers earth sounds promising. It is apparently a very go ...
3-6-2012 at 08:58
by: Hennig Brand
Nobel's 808

I have been interested in plastic explosives lately. A very successful plastic explosive, based on ...
30-5-2012 at 07:06
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
Here is a measured value for the density of ETN, taken from the following journal, which should be v ...
27-5-2012 at 12:25
by: Hennig Brand
nitroglycerin
I mentioned doing some rock blasting on the last page of this thread. I found some of my old picture ...
23-5-2012 at 08:56
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
I apologize if some of what I wrote above is incorrect. I found this in the course notes for an engi ...
12-5-2012 at 11:19
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
I think quicksilver is right. I have looked at several journals and texts now and it appears that de ...
10-5-2012 at 15:49
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
I have several books and papers with different formulae for calculating the theoretical blast pressu ...
10-5-2012 at 05:28
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
My ETN plastique has a measured density of only 1.43 g/cc, however it still packs a mean punch. I ha ...
8-5-2012 at 12:03
by: Hennig Brand
NAN3 synth

I think this is what you are looking for.

N2H4 + CH3CH(NO2)CH3 + NaOH → NaN3 + CH3CH( ...
8-5-2012 at 09:13
by: Hennig Brand
Plasticization?
The more I think about it, some kind of hand mixer might be a good idea. These are probably what you ...
8-5-2012 at 07:37
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
The Lead picrates are all fairly weak primaries, the basic lead salt especially though makes a reall ...
7-5-2012 at 17:56
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?

I don't think I know much about ammonium picrate/AN/Al, but the aluminum would probably be most re ...
7-5-2012 at 15:08
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
You initiated cast TNP with double salts? From my experiences with picric acid, at least in caps, I ...
7-5-2012 at 09:20
by: Hennig Brand
Best way for getting high density ?
I don't have any personal experience with casting Picric Acid. I do know that it was done a lot, esp ...
6-5-2012 at 18:36
by: Hennig Brand
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