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Super-Containment?
I'm pretty sure you'll just end up with some really, really high pressure gas. The detonation proce ...
20-7-2006 at 14:03
by: Chris The Great
Density and initiation
You have a lot of ANFO and use a really big shockwave :)

There are quite a few energetic polymers ...
19-7-2006 at 23:15
by: Chris The Great
Patriot Act or War on Drugs
So, what you're saying is, everyone on this board is is or has made an explosive is the problem and ...
19-7-2006 at 14:52
by: Chris The Great
Metallic Low Melting Alloys and High Explosives
The thing that gives Al explosives their boost in blast is the massive energy release and correspond ...
11-7-2006 at 19:44
by: Chris The Great
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Oh, they will form balls instead of the "bullets" a precision designed one will form. They will sti ...
8-7-2006 at 17:34
by: Chris The Great
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Or, they might just switch to using EFPs like the kestrel variant of the predator missile already do ...
8-7-2006 at 12:58
by: Chris The Great
methyl nitrate
It really is amazing stuff isn't it?

I fired a film canister a while ago, from a hundred feet awa ...
5-7-2006 at 14:36
by: Chris The Great
Solar pool heater
I don't know how they work, but this might be similar, or at least work for the intended application ...
27-6-2006 at 16:48
by: Chris The Great
Making potassium picrate from wood
The cellulose would be destroyed in the nitration (and release a lot of NOx in the process).

Stil ...
27-6-2006 at 00:41
by: Chris The Great
ammonium nitrate test...
The reaction is stiochometric and proceeds easily, giving huge amounts of ammonia in my experience.
26-6-2006 at 02:03
by: Chris The Great
ammonium nitrate test...
Urea also makes ammonia when mixed with sodium hydroxide, so keep that in mind (it is broken down in ...
25-6-2006 at 14:59
by: Chris The Great
C-Anfo: Prilled or powdererd?
If I find a suitable location this summer, I will be doing a huge-ass AN based blast.

Also import ...
23-6-2006 at 23:17
by: Chris The Great
Complexing methanol
I see magnesium sulfate in there... hmmm

I think making a methanol solution in toluene, then addi ...
20-6-2006 at 23:02
by: Chris The Great
Complexing methanol
Thanks a lot :D I'll check next time I'm there.
20-6-2006 at 17:25
by: Chris The Great
Complexing methanol
I read, somewhere on this forum (couldn't find the post by searching) that come anhydrous salts are ...
20-6-2006 at 16:52
by: Chris The Great
My hotplate, she has a problem
I have seen high temperature spray paint. My dad has a can, rated up to 649*C, for use on engines. ...
19-6-2006 at 00:04
by: Chris The Great
Unconventional Shaped Charges
In the interests of science, I bring you- calculations! First, general rules, and then the equation ...
15-6-2006 at 22:53
by: Chris The Great
Unconventional Shaped Charges
[quote]The slope of the cone is chosen so that the speed of the blast at the surface of the cone is ...
14-6-2006 at 21:56
by: Chris The Great
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Welll..... crap. I found an alternate explanation for the failure of my cylindrical shaped charge ( ...
14-6-2006 at 10:19
by: Chris The Great
What makes something able to accept NO2 groups?
Reaction mechanisms and intermediates.

NO2 is attached by NO2+ ions reacting with the compounds. ...
13-6-2006 at 16:28
by: Chris The Great
Preferred format of information
I agree, I like paper more than electronic documents, however I have most of my stuff is electronic ...
3-6-2006 at 20:29
by: Chris The Great
Ammonium Sulfate instead of Ammonium Chloride
I assume one would end up with methylamine sulfate rather than chloride... but would it be possible? ...
3-6-2006 at 19:50
by: Chris The Great
Neuraminidase Inhibitor Synthesis
It can be done with AcCl but the procedure is slightly different. I'd prefer it over AA as the yiel ...
28-5-2006 at 20:39
by: Chris The Great
Guanadine nitrate, etc
There are also some very interesting propellants (specific impulse 235 with solid carbon in the exha ...
28-5-2006 at 20:05
by: Chris The Great
Am I "immune" against Ricin?
I certainly wouldn't trust yourself to be immune. You might be, you might not be. It would not be ...
27-5-2006 at 17:25
by: Chris The Great
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