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Ammonium Dinitramide?
Dinitramide is by no means out of reach for the home experimenter. I have made it myself in small am ...
16-10-2010 at 03:29
by: Microtek
Someone PLEASE tell me what happend....
As has been said several times above, peroxides just aren't safe. Those that experiment with it (and ...
23-9-2010 at 03:47
by: Microtek
RDX KA Method (big big problem)
The "Kitchen Improvised" series is generally a decent source, but there are some issues. I suggest y ...
10-9-2010 at 23:58
by: Microtek
RDX KA Method (big big problem)
What was the source of the procedure? As you suspect, all the additions should have been slow and co ...
10-9-2010 at 01:34
by: Microtek
A more durable improvised detonating cord?
Nice idea, Franklyn. The question is whether the emitted light is of sufficiently short wavelength t ...
8-9-2010 at 00:26
by: Microtek
A more durable improvised detonating cord?
Well the idea with a gas filled tube was something I saw in a patent. I tried it out with hydrogen a ...
7-9-2010 at 13:18
by: Microtek
An interesting way to find H2S04 strength
I get dilution of 90 % acid with an equal weight of water (both at 32 F) to end up at about 162 F. R ...
7-9-2010 at 01:26
by: Microtek
How well erythritol nitrates in HNO3/H2SO4?

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Of the material available via the "triangle chart" of percentages of 65-70% HNO3 used as ...
29-8-2010 at 02:53
by: Microtek
How well erythritol nitrates in HNO3/H2SO4?
Only if you use dilute nitric alone. If you prepare a mixed acid consisting of about 20 ml HNO3 (62% ...
27-8-2010 at 13:18
by: Microtek
ETN synth lab report
I used an aquarium pump to pump air through a coloumn filled with CaCl2 scales and then through the ...
14-8-2010 at 12:59
by: Microtek
How well erythritol nitrates in HNO3/H2SO4?
You can make PETN in a similar way to this, fuming nitric isn't required. I just like using WFNA bec ...
13-8-2010 at 13:26
by: Microtek
A more durable improvised detonating cord?
I think those two clips actually show shock tube instead of det cord. But then, I would much rather ...
13-8-2010 at 13:20
by: Microtek
ETN synth lab report
I use a very similar method as it also makes sense for me to recycle the sulfuric. In the end it com ...
12-8-2010 at 08:47
by: Microtek
How well erythritol nitrates in HNO3/H2SO4?
You probably could scale it up to 9 g without much trouble; A factor 3 is not that much. However, be ...
12-8-2010 at 06:45
by: Microtek
How well erythritol nitrates in HNO3/H2SO4?

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@Microtek : As far as I know: If you get more than double ETN (3g --> 6,3g) then its s ...
11-8-2010 at 05:56
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research

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Also, more unstable compounds are more brissant than more insensitive compounds in small ...
25-6-2010 at 05:14
by: Microtek
Exotic thermites & analogs

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Smaller powder size is somewhat important, as if one uses bits of aluminum foil put thro ...
24-6-2010 at 04:34
by: Microtek
5-ATZ(5-Aminotetrazole), the nitrotetrazolate ion and friends
When I synthesized NTZ some years ago I used a similar method, but with a small difference that was ...
24-6-2010 at 04:28
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research
I don't know what you mean when you say that keto-RDX is more powerful because it is more unstable. ...
24-6-2010 at 04:19
by: Microtek
How well erythritol nitrates in HNO3/H2SO4?
My situation (with HNO3 vs XNO3 availability) is similar to yours, so I can give some input on the r ...
21-6-2010 at 23:54
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research

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Higher density is only good if it packs in more energetic material.
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Take a l ...
21-6-2010 at 22:55
by: Microtek
New Energetic Materials - Current Research
C=O generally gives a higher density than CH2. Higher density at the cost of a little energy is pref ...
16-6-2010 at 23:55
by: Microtek
NHN
They might be safer from an energetic materials standpoint, but the question is whether the released ...
11-6-2010 at 10:02
by: Microtek
Unconventional Shaped Charges
@Franklyn:
As you say, many thing have been tested and there is no question that the best compromi ...
8-6-2010 at 13:33
by: Microtek
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Well, if you can get sulfuric acid you could make any of the nitric esters (without distillation). S ...
5-6-2010 at 12:43
by: Microtek
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