WP in a solvent is scary because when the solvent evaporates it leaves a deposit of very active phosphorous.
Very prone to auto-ignition, on your skin or clothes or almost any non-heat-conducting material,
- near the bulk of your phosphorous-in-volatile-flammable-solvent ........
Extreme case, as a youth: Phosphorous in CS2 poured over c5g NaClO3 (weed-killer),
some random time later - an un-contained explosion that cracked a concrete slab and sounded like nearby lightning ![:o](./images/smilies/shocked.gif)
(it seemed more brissant than silver acetylide which was my most powerful explosive)
Never tried that one again ![:D](./images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
[Edited on 18-8-2018 by Sulaiman] |