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ETN: almost killed myself... READ!
A few years ago, I was doing a series of (very successful) experiments on small rockets with composi ... |
6-6-2011 at 22:42
by: Microtek |
High VoD explosives suggestions?
I find it very hard to believe that any hydrogen/oxygen mix would have a higher VOD than NG. Simply ... |
3-6-2011 at 03:56
by: Microtek |
Azides
Well, Pb(OH)2 is extremely insoluble so any hydroxide in your NaN3 soln would give rise to lead hydr ... |
30-4-2011 at 13:43
by: Microtek |
Azides
Have you tested the supposed NaN3? It's wonderfully easy to do qualitative tests for primary explosi ... |
19-4-2011 at 09:21
by: Microtek |
nitroglycerin
I have always found that air agitation stripped off too much of the nitric, giving huge clouds of fu ... |
30-1-2011 at 10:57
by: Microtek |
sheet explosive
"Plumber's putty" is (as far as I can see) not a well defined material, but the one MSDS that I coul ... |
27-1-2011 at 02:24
by: Microtek |
nitroglycerin
Why don't you just make some CaCO3? Surely you must have access to a soluble calcium salt (CaCl2 or ... |
21-1-2011 at 14:15
by: Microtek |
sheet explosive
I remember reading a patent about using liquid latex (or alternatively silicone) as binder in flexib ... |
19-1-2011 at 01:08
by: Microtek |
nitroglycerin
Many kitchen appliances are made precisely for stirring, so I suggest that you buy a cheap hand mixe ... |
12-1-2011 at 14:02
by: Microtek |
Nitrating of materials?
Phosphoric acid is very non-volatile, so you should easily be able to distil the (dilute) nitric aci ... |
11-1-2011 at 06:13
by: Microtek |
Safer Charge Designs
Legislation differs wildly in some areas; in my country inorganic nitrite is labeled as a toxin and ... |
6-1-2011 at 14:25
by: Microtek |
Safer Charge Designs
Well, to make azo-chlathrate you azide. To make azide in the amateur lab, the reaction of organic ni ... |
6-1-2011 at 02:35
by: Microtek |
Safer Charge Designs
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How can a primary be less sensitive than the base charge?
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Less sensitive to ... |
5-1-2011 at 11:04
by: Microtek |
Safer Charge Designs
Oh, I've experimented with that sort of thing in the past (separating primary and base charge). The ... |
2-1-2011 at 14:31
by: Microtek |
Safer Charge Designs
I think it's a rather impractical idea. I'm sure it will make it a little less likely that you will ... |
1-1-2011 at 15:20
by: Microtek |
safer NG alternatives
I got 52 % yield from the H2SO4/HNO3 system, 62 % from P2O5/HNO3 and 77 % from Ac2O/HNO3 (after recr ... |
27-12-2010 at 15:17
by: Microtek |
safer NG alternatives
I have made this. As I explained in the dedicated thread (which wasn't authored by me), I chose the ... |
25-12-2010 at 09:02
by: Microtek |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Have you looked at the higher resolution pictures that NUKE provided? I suppose you could possibly m ... |
19-12-2010 at 03:43
by: Microtek |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
If that's a "debarked log", it's the most perfectly straight one I've ever seen. And those "growth r ... |
14-12-2010 at 14:15
by: Microtek |
First Rocket Candy attempt
Candy propellant is quite safe (as energetics go). If you haven't already, take a look at James Yawn ... |
30-11-2010 at 06:34
by: Microtek |
rdx synthesis via near pure hno3
XNO3 + H2SO4 liberates highly concentrated nitric acid. When this is distilled (particularly at atmo ... |
16-11-2010 at 08:51
by: Microtek |
Project
Have you asked your teachers/tutors whether you can be allowed to synthesize energetic materials in ... |
9-11-2010 at 00:07
by: Microtek |
nitroglycerin
Surely, it must be possible to initiate a 15:85 mix of methanol and NG with a suitable detonator (I ... |
29-10-2010 at 05:53
by: Microtek |
nitroglycerin
Supposedly, DCM is a very good medium for aromatics nitration. I read somewhere that toluene was qua ... |
28-10-2010 at 13:27
by: Microtek |
Flash powder detonation
There is pressing and there is deadpressing. I don't think gregxy meant applying enormous amounts of ... |
21-10-2010 at 11:39
by: Microtek |
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