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Nitrocellulose runaway, twice in a row
Tonight, I have tried twice to make some more guncotton. I have made about 20 grams of it in the las ... |
4-3-2012 at 22:23
by: inspector071 |
nitroglycerin
Still trying to get that video to work. Doesn't seem to like OS X.
What are the safest storage o ... |
4-3-2012 at 11:28
by: inspector071 |
nitroglycerin
I'll see if I can try that out, Dann2. I did the anvil test again, but put about 4 drops onto a pape ... |
2-3-2012 at 13:45
by: inspector071 |
nitroglycerin
I successfully synthesized about 15 mL of NG last night. The synthesis went very smoothly with no no ... |
2-3-2012 at 12:02
by: inspector071 |
Gomco vacuum pump for lab use?
I recently acquired a Gomco 400 vacuum pump, the medical kind used often for stomach pumping. It has ... |
28-2-2012 at 23:45
by: inspector071 |
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
I broke a 500 mL retort after my 2nd nitric acid distillation with the thing about a week ago. There ... |
26-2-2012 at 20:50
by: inspector071 |
Acquired large Research Lab lot - help me identify items? Also, taking requests for glassware.
I'm interested in a 1000 mL filtering flask and something around 9 cm Buchner funnel (and stopper, i ... |
24-2-2012 at 18:47
by: inspector071 |
Problems purifying ASA
Thanks, I'll look into that. You must be the Rosco whose ASA to TNP procedure I am using. Can potass ... |
24-2-2012 at 02:33
by: inspector071 |
Problems purifying ASA
Evaporate at room temp? I do have a big evaporating dish I can use for that. Instead of paying $20 f ... |
23-2-2012 at 23:03
by: inspector071 |
Problems purifying ASA
I'm attempting to make some more picric acid. I made a little bit the other night by starting with 5 ... |
23-2-2012 at 21:50
by: inspector071 |
Acquiring chemicals for energetic syntheses
Thanks for the tips! So is a double salt just a 1:1 ratio of silver nitrate and silver acetylide, wi ... |
23-2-2012 at 00:07
by: inspector071 |
Acquiring chemicals for energetic syntheses
Ah, from all my reading so far I've seen picric acid referred to as a booster, while RDX and ETN are ... |
22-2-2012 at 22:51
by: inspector071 |
Acquiring chemicals for energetic syntheses
If I get my hands on some mercury, I can make some fulminate. With the chemicals I currently have, I ... |
22-2-2012 at 14:06
by: inspector071 |
Acquiring chemicals for energetic syntheses
Thanks for the responses. I just thought I would attempt to make tetyrl, but you're right: it doesn' ... |
21-2-2012 at 18:29
by: inspector071 |
Acquiring chemicals for energetic syntheses
I've been a lurker for a while, and have been performing chemistry experiments for quite a few years ... |
21-2-2012 at 13:57
by: inspector071 |
