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TNT

dazvo - 8-3-2003 at 06:21

I heve 98% H2SO4 , 100% HNO3 , tolone
haw to criait TNT????

SORY MY ENGLISH IZ VRY BAD

dazvo - 8-3-2003 at 06:27

OK sorry

Blind Angel - 8-3-2003 at 14:07

100% HNO<sub>3</sub> !?
This can exist?
Doesn't HNO<sub>3</sub> decompose by itself in NO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>O ?

PHILOU Zrealone - 10-3-2003 at 04:48

Of course it does exist!
N2O5 is the anhydride of HNO3
2HNO3 <==--> N2O5 + H2O
Pure HNO3 means 18g water for 108g N2O5!
You can be even over with higher amounts of N2O5 per weight of water! Thus N2O5 dissolved in pure HNO3!
True that it is less stable and should be kept under low temp, closed vessel and away from sunlight; but it will not loose much since the reaction is an equilibrium!