Refinery
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Cyanogen Chloride from urea and TCCA?
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/21v695/peeing_in_a_...
According to this, chlorine ions and urea could form cyanogen chloride. This reaction is likely caused by carbamide, like hypochlorous acid,
hypochlorite or chlorine and it may have interference with cyanuric acid, which is used to produce sodium cyanide in fused carbothermic process with
sodium carbonate.
If mixtures like TCCA or calcium hypochlorite and urea could form cyanogen chloride when mixed and heated enough, that could pose a major risk for
several reactions, by accident or by unwanted reaction. Second to that, it could also be a cheap OTC source for CK.
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Zephyr
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I did read that reddit thread, and it looked interesting. What is CK? Also, I wasn't aware Urea was OTC.
When the TCCA was heated wouldn't the high tempatures decompose the calcium hypochlorite?
[Edited on 3-4-2014 by Pinkhippo11]
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thesmug
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CK=Cyanogen Chloride
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