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2,4,6-Trinitrophenol Salts

C4M0K41 - 20-3-2021 at 05:10

Hi Everyone :)
I'm new to the Forum and this is my first post

I synthesized 2,4,6 Trinitrophenol and was trying out several of the salts. I had the best results with the potassium salt. However, I could never really get the Ammonium salt to do anything interesting. I couldn't get it to detonate through shock or friction, and it acted as a dead weight when I tried to use the potassium salt of TNP to initiate it.
Is this common behavior for the ammonium salt?

Images:
https://imgur.com/a/mdkAAkp

Alkoholvergiftung - 20-3-2021 at 05:31

Yes. Thats why it was filled as Explosive D (Dunite) In armor pircing shells.
Strikehammer test. 2kg
Picrid acid 35-90cm
Leadpicrate 5cm
Ironpicrate 7
Copperpicrate 7
Zinkpicrate 60
Sodiumpicrate 80
Ammoniumpicrate 80


[Edited on 20-3-2021 by Alkoholvergiftung]

caterpillar - 23-3-2021 at 04:21

Kalium picrate explodes, been ignited in confinement. Ammonium is very insensitive. I mixed it with AN. But this mix requires some initiator. maybe lead picrate- I do not know- I used hated by many guys TATP.