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Be the first kid on the block with a incendiary FrisbeeĀ®
The concept is workable with NaClO3 & an anti-acid (soluble carbonate type) and a roughened sulf ...
8-9-2011 at 11:51
by: quicksilver
Glucose Nitroureide Tetranitrate
It's a damn interesting patent and certainly (superficially) commercially viable. I checked a bit an ...
8-9-2011 at 11:32
by: quicksilver
extract nitrocelulose from ping pong balls
[rquote=221188&tid=17443&author=Rosco Bodine]Be careful about generalizations with regards t ...
7-9-2011 at 13:50
by: quicksilver
extract nitrocelulose from ping pong balls
I've not had the properly designed glassware to test this however I would be interested in esterfica ...
6-9-2011 at 11:23
by: quicksilver
"How to train your dragon" - Fire of a Night Fury in reality?
The chemistry/physics involved in self containment explosions of low explosives can be extremely com ...
24-8-2011 at 15:02
by: quicksilver
Mr. Anonymous: azo-clathrate primaries
I have a poor memory for this but (if I AM correct) one of the contributors to clathrate research wa ...
24-8-2011 at 14:36
by: quicksilver
Mr. Anonymous: azo-clathrate primaries
I had a lot of fun with this synthesis & had limited difficulty. However my basic lead picrate w ...
17-8-2011 at 06:48
by: quicksilver
FOX-7
+1
Work on a gram(s) level & document the temps and idiosyncrasies.
17-8-2011 at 06:35
by: quicksilver
Ammonium Perchlorate Synthesis
[rquote=219132&tid=17185&author=TitusGabonicus]The 'Hawley edition' of 35 years ago, reads a ...
16-8-2011 at 12:58
by: quicksilver
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Above 50 C, it's quite possible, however I don't know for certain. I'm frankly putting out ideas as ...
15-8-2011 at 06:02
by: quicksilver
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Shot in the dark, it would be an industry oriented question during war-time or areas where productio ...
14-8-2011 at 12:31
by: quicksilver
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Best to avoid a strong base with TNT as it sensitizes it. Sodium sulfite wash in fairly warm (50C+) ...
14-8-2011 at 07:25
by: quicksilver
Experimentalism and Boy Scouts of America Merit Badges
[rquote=218718&tid=17232&author=johansen]
I don't agree with the generalization, there's on ...
12-8-2011 at 07:11
by: quicksilver
HDN Synthesis Problem
I will try to find detailed info on HDN characteristics. So far I have only found the most general m ...
11-8-2011 at 06:48
by: quicksilver
HDN Synthesis Problem

Did you check pH? Do you have access to melting point equipment? A quick check of some more modern ...
10-8-2011 at 14:07
by: quicksilver
ETN doesn't want to work... why?
winnerwalzer :

I would have preferred you continue on w/ an existing thread rather than start a n ...
9-8-2011 at 16:23
by: quicksilver
Electrostatic Discharge Hazards of Propellants, Pyrotechnics and Explosives
Please note the date on WIN's material is NEWER (1990) than my material (extrapolated from OSHA's Wi ...
8-8-2011 at 14:18
by: quicksilver
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
Personally speaking - I would like to thank W.I.N. for his posts and offer a small bit of history to ...
5-8-2011 at 08:24
by: quicksilver
SA (Ag2C2.AgNO3) - SENSITIVITY TO STATIC DISCHARGE
The above article (Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry 25 [20] 1067.) sounds similar to the ...
4-8-2011 at 09:34
by: quicksilver
Oslo and the amateur experimenter
To examine the tragedy on a realistic basis is very difficult because (as is a common agenda) the de ...
4-8-2011 at 08:22
by: quicksilver
Photography of high explosives on glass
There's an (fairly old fashioned) "frame grabber" that I use with digital that can also work with au ...
2-8-2011 at 05:53
by: quicksilver
SA (Ag2C2.AgNO3) - SENSITIVITY TO STATIC DISCHARGE
Often, silver salts like that exposed to UV could discolor that badly. Considering the "manufacturin ...
1-8-2011 at 06:57
by: quicksilver
Photography of high explosives on glass
[rquote=217533&tid=17148&author=whosdadog]I understand that flash powder could work when I a ...
1-8-2011 at 06:39
by: quicksilver
SA (Ag2C2.AgNO3) - SENSITIVITY TO STATIC DISCHARGE
Frankly - crushed carpet, low to no humidity (in certain altitudes as well) can yield up some seriou ...
31-7-2011 at 05:22
by: quicksilver
Photography of high explosives on glass
@hkparker : are you using an electrically triggered mechanism? I worked with that and what I wanted ...
31-7-2011 at 04:54
by: quicksilver
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