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Sodium azide toxicity
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29-12-2017 at 23:37
by: greenlight
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A kilo of fuming sulfuric and half a kilo of 99% nitric per 60 grams of dinitrobenzene!
Over a day ...
30-11-2017 at 21:20
by: greenlight
Adding flame colorants to nitrocellulose
I think you will have trouble getting a decent blue as is the trend with most pyrotechnics. It need ...
30-11-2017 at 09:15
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
I see I was wrong with theoretical pressure for HNIW.
I thought it would be higher than just 420 ...
28-11-2017 at 09:29
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
RDX is about 350 kilobar @ density 1.80.
HMX around 390 kilobar @ density 1.89.

The next explosi ...
27-11-2017 at 20:21
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
I didn't know that I read the equation is only out by a small amount.
I accidentally put 8.03 ins ...
26-11-2017 at 19:29
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
When I calculate the detonation pressure (cj pressure) for PETN with the figures you state I get:

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26-11-2017 at 05:35
by: greenlight
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Interesting... So shaped charges would be no good against large boats and submarines then.
I am gue ...
16-11-2017 at 09:32
by: greenlight
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I didn't even think of that Bert.:o
I was always under the impression that thermobarics needed atmo ...
15-11-2017 at 09:37
by: greenlight
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The mixture of just RDX and TNT is not thermobaric.
The Australian C6 composition certainly on the ...
14-11-2017 at 19:41
by: greenlight
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I believe amatol is oxygen balanced, that is the whole reason for its design as well as to extend th ...
14-11-2017 at 04:52
by: greenlight
Working with old TNT
Nice pic learned amateur.

Here is a graph showing critical diameter for TNT from explosives engin ...
7-11-2017 at 09:00
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
You will not get perfect results with homemade equipment. There is a lot of differentiating data fr ...
2-11-2017 at 21:13
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
You dont want large crystals though which would end up on the sensitive side and make working in the ...
2-11-2017 at 09:54
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
You are correct, it does not have to be RDX. Semetex is a plasticized PETN formulation.
There are ...
2-11-2017 at 08:56
by: greenlight
Desensitize ETN?
Generally speaking, plasticization of secondary explosives will always lower the sensitivity and inc ...
2-11-2017 at 08:34
by: greenlight
Explosions in movies
My best guess would be they are small shells with coloured chalk instead of pyrotechnic stars inside ...
26-10-2017 at 04:19
by: greenlight
Noisy ball-mill - How to deal with the sound
I have two rock tumbler mills one being a dual drum model and I havent noticed them to be too loud.
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4-10-2017 at 10:02
by: greenlight
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[rquote=491455&tid=26572&author=Bert]Lead azide left exposed to air and especially to light ...
2-9-2017 at 22:20
by: greenlight
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Just a quick question.
I made a small batch of PVA-coated lead azide for primary charge in dets. ...
2-9-2017 at 03:25
by: greenlight
5-ATZ(5-Aminotetrazole), the nitrotetrazolate ion and friends
Nice work NP!

I don't have any experience with tetrazoles but I know DBX 1 is going being looked ...
25-8-2017 at 21:16
by: greenlight
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Are you trying to make a touch explosive of sorts out of it?

I don't think relative safety and st ...
17-8-2017 at 19:23
by: greenlight
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KMNO4 is a quite reactive, powerful oxidizer and there are much safer oxidizers you can use for flas ...
27-7-2017 at 11:35
by: greenlight
Barium picrate
Thanks LL and Philou

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Nice...Greenlight that makes RED Lights :D;):):P:cool:
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18-7-2017 at 05:20
by: greenlight
Strontium picrate
I was inspired by neonpulse experiment with cesium picrate on the previous page that I decided to tr ...
15-7-2017 at 06:46
by: greenlight
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