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Did i just make a fuel air explosive?
I have been wanting to try and replicate the experiments in that patent for some time (they mention ...
11-6-2015 at 01:15
by: Microtek
Forming nitrocellulose to solid block?
It is quite easy to produce microcrystalline cellulose via hydrolysis of cotton wool. Discussions ca ...
3-5-2015 at 23:25
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research
Oh, OK. Tris-nitro (tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane) is easy to make in high yield. It is used as a ...
23-4-2015 at 08:11
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research
If you use 2,2-dimethoxypropane instead of acetone as I mentioned above, there is no need for BF3. O ...
22-4-2015 at 12:54
by: Microtek
Styphnic acid and lead styphnate
You wash it with ethanol (or methanol).

About the Mg-carbonate: The reason you convert styphnic a ...
18-4-2015 at 00:15
by: Microtek
SM EM Research Project - Calling for EM Research Junkies
I'd like to offer a little constructive criticism: I think it is very nice that you include both VOD ...
16-4-2015 at 22:18
by: Microtek
SM EM Research Project - Calling for EM Research Junkies
I agree with what Rosco says, you need a quite precise metric for comparing explosives. IIRC I read ...
13-4-2015 at 22:03
by: Microtek
Short question / quick answer - Thread
Does anyone know what the equilibrium moisture content of AN is at say, 20C and 65% RH? I'm asking b ...
13-4-2015 at 07:15
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research
With those extra steps, I think that the litterature path is about as good, but it would certainly b ...
11-4-2015 at 13:24
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research
But then, where to get the DNE? I haven't seen this for sale anywhere, and IIRC it is unstable in st ...
10-4-2015 at 22:59
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research
Synthesis of 2,2-Dimethyl-5-nitro-1,3-dioxan-5-yl)methanol is very easy if you have nitromethane an ...
10-4-2015 at 12:47
by: Microtek
Unconventional Shaped Charges
I remember the idea of using a fast HE as an outer shell around a slower one (such as TNT) to create ...
9-4-2015 at 22:27
by: Microtek
Factice rubber-based propellants from vegetable oils
You could also try igniting the Mg turnings and collecting the ash (MgO)...
17-3-2015 at 02:05
by: Microtek
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
I found high quality ceramic media on ebay. I recommend looking there, it was quite cheap (so cheap ...
12-3-2015 at 02:01
by: Microtek
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
I doubt that would work. AN mixtures do not burn well without a metallic fuel. Usually said metallic ...
23-2-2015 at 03:15
by: Microtek
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
Sulfur is not required if silicone rubber is used as the binder. As I said, it is a little hard to i ...
22-2-2015 at 23:19
by: Microtek
Ammonium nitrate as propellant
AN can form the basis of a very powerful rocket propellant along with aluminum and silicone rubber a ...
19-2-2015 at 13:50
by: Microtek
Trinitrotoluene preparation
If you have prepared any nitrotoluenes, it is pretty obvious that mono- and dinitrotoluenes have a r ...
3-2-2015 at 02:14
by: Microtek
Acetone peroxide as propellant
Using acetone peroxide as any kind of propellant takes the term "bad idea" to entirely new levels.
30-1-2015 at 02:41
by: Microtek
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Why does its sinking affect your thinking on what it might be? Both o- and p-nitrotoluene has densit ...
27-1-2015 at 22:30
by: Microtek
Trinitrotoluene preparation
I wouldn't say that the preparation of ONC or HNIW is particularly dangerous, however, it is difficu ...
22-1-2015 at 01:05
by: Microtek
Synthesis of Sulfur Trioxide and Oleum: The persulfate method
Very often in chemistry, the reality is less simple than the abstractions we use to convey the princ ...
22-1-2015 at 00:46
by: Microtek
Synthesis of Sulfur Trioxide and Oleum: The persulfate method
I realise that this thread is called the persulfate method, but lately it has really been more about ...
21-1-2015 at 00:23
by: Microtek
Synthesis of Sulfur Trioxide and Oleum: The persulfate method
I have been wondering about this for a while, after I saw a video of someone distilling SO3 from per ...
20-1-2015 at 01:19
by: Microtek
tatp plastic form?
I agree that not doing this would be a good idea, but note that many professional scientists have le ...
8-1-2015 at 01:13
by: Microtek
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