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WHAT IS O P H O R I T E ?

franklyn - 1-7-2006 at 18:19

Google " Aluminum Ophorite" or " Magnesium Ophorite"

you get a hundred hits mostly MSDS. I cannot , though I

have diligently tried, to discover any other source that even

acknowledges that this is an actual word.

S E E -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ophorite

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[Edited on 3-7-2006 by franklyn]

neutrino - 1-7-2006 at 19:04

I get one hit and that's an email address.

solo - 2-7-2006 at 06:41

An educated guess would be a type of thorite, pehaps the orange color pyramidal type OP.....I too couldn't find it as stated ........solo

franklyn - 2-7-2006 at 08:49

Quote:
Originally posted by neutrino
I get one hit and that's an email address.

Quote:
Originally posted by solo
I too couldn't find it as stated ........solo

Allright try here -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ophorite

Now for the fun part , find a dictionary or lexicon ,

chemistry specific or other , that defines this , good luck.

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unionised - 3-7-2006 at 12:46

Interesting. No incidence of to-, by- or make- ophorite and no "ophorite is".
Does the stuff really exist? Is it the new "red mercury", or even the new "red herring"?;)

unionised - 8-7-2006 at 04:37

OK, one of the nice things about working for a decent lab is a good library. I looked it up in one of the dictionaries of trade names.
"Ophorite. An ignition powder for projectiles. It consists of magnesium powder ad potassium chlorate."

franklyn - 11-7-2006 at 19:14

The stuff of cherry bombs :D

Thanks

praseodym - 11-7-2006 at 20:46

If ophorite is magnesium powder + potassium chlorate, shouldnt we be happy that the experiment done by zinc, as stated in the thread 'Weird..', wasnt a success :P;)

AllanD - 16-7-2006 at 19:51

Actually not so much cherry bombs as the "booster" or "pre-ignitor" for Thermite.

AllanD