Gore's explosive antimony
A New Electrolytic Method for the preparation of explosive antimony
RC Palmer and LS Palmer
Transactions of the American Electrochemical Society
Volume XVI
1909
Under certain conditions antimony is deposited electrolytically
from solutions of its halogen salts in such a form as to explode
with the liberation of antimony trihalide fumes. This so-called
explosive antimony was discovered by Gore in 1859, when he
electrolysed a hydrochloric acid solution of antimony trichloride,
with antimony and copper as anode and cathode, respectively. In
his paper, Gore pointed out that the formation of this unusual
deposit depended on the concentration of the electrolyte, the
current density and the temperature..........
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