franklyn
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WHAT IS O P H O R I T E ?
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]
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neutrino
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I get one hit and that's an email address.
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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
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franklyn
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| 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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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"?
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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."
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franklyn
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The stuff of cherry bombs 
Thanks
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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 
Alles sollte so einfach wie möglich gemacht werden aber nicht einfacher.
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Actually not so much cherry bombs as the "booster" or "pre-ignitor" for Thermite.
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