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Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
Alright guys here's what I did today:

I got 1 mole of impure (NH<sub>4</sub>;)<sub& ...
1-5-2011 at 15:32
by: IndependentBoffin
Checking purity of RDX
[rquote=208599&tid=16211&author=hissingnoise]I can prepare WFNA fairly easily, but getting m ...
1-5-2011 at 11:16
by: IndependentBoffin
Checking purity of RDX
[rquote=208588&tid=16211&author=quicksilver]Purity testing would remain similar no matter th ...
1-5-2011 at 08:39
by: IndependentBoffin
Checking purity of RDX
Yeah but that method requires producing WFNA first. The DAPT method requires 70% nitric acid which i ...
1-5-2011 at 08:31
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
I'd like to be able to do at least one static rocket test a day for an invention I am prototyping. T ...
1-5-2011 at 04:16
by: IndependentBoffin
Checking purity of RDX
If one were to prepare a small sample of RDX (about 10g) by the acetylation of hexamine to DAPT (3,7 ...
30-4-2011 at 23:51
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
I've bought some activated charcoal and added an equal volume to a saturated solution of ammonium su ...
30-4-2011 at 00:40
by: IndependentBoffin
Oxyliquit
Having an intimate mix of oxidiser and fuel in the same tank has accident written all over it ;)

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27-4-2011 at 15:08
by: IndependentBoffin
Oxyliquit
Thanks for the info. The thing about LOX/kerosene is that you need two tanks now and piping to your ...
27-4-2011 at 12:44
by: IndependentBoffin
Oxyliquit
Suppose you start off with a fixed mass of carbon powder of specified specific surface area, in a st ...
27-4-2011 at 11:02
by: IndependentBoffin
Oxyliquit
Oooh...thank you! New bedtime reading material :D
27-4-2011 at 09:56
by: IndependentBoffin
Oxyliquit
Hello folks,

What do you all think about this mixture?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyliquit
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27-4-2011 at 07:40
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
Yeah, I now totally agree that activated carbon must be used to get rid of any gunk in the fertilise ...
27-4-2011 at 07:17
by: IndependentBoffin
Direct electrical initiation of secondary
[rquote=208103&tid=14630&author=watson.fawkes]Don't forget (4) Transmission line characteris ...
26-4-2011 at 23:46
by: IndependentBoffin
Direct electrical initiation of secondary
Instead of building your own capacitors have you tried coupling a Cockcroft-Walton generator to a Ma ...
26-4-2011 at 13:54
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
How do CCBs prevent detonation of fertiliser? I would have thought any oxidisable material would jus ...
26-4-2011 at 10:11
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
Ah, that is very interesting. I always thought activated charcoal works by having a high surface are ...
26-4-2011 at 09:27
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
Would it be better to have a first pass filtration to remove the CaSO4 first? Otherwise won't the ac ...
26-4-2011 at 09:11
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
So:
Ca(NO3)2 (aq) + 2NH4OH (aq) -> Ca(OH)2 (ppt) + 2NH4NO3 (aq)?

Where did the calcium hydrox ...
26-4-2011 at 08:56
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
Would silica gel be an appropriate dessicator? Also, I have a professionally built vacuum chamber co ...
26-4-2011 at 08:44
by: IndependentBoffin
Anyone interested in buying some zirconium?
Hi guys,

Some of you have PM'ed me asking for small samples of metals I don't have in immediate s ...
25-4-2011 at 23:09
by: IndependentBoffin
Exotic thermites & analogs
I wonder how the pressure rise time, max pressure, pressure duration, etc. are affected by using a h ...
25-4-2011 at 06:56
by: IndependentBoffin
Anyone interested in buying some zirconium?
Hi guys,

Please see pictures of a short Zr bar, 4.5kg of swarf (fills a 25kg polybag) and 100 - 1 ...
25-4-2011 at 00:06
by: IndependentBoffin
Drying out aqueous ammonium nitrate
OK thanks I'll try to recrystallise my ammonium sulphate!
24-4-2011 at 23:46
by: IndependentBoffin
What level of exposure to methanol is safe?
[rquote=207823&tid=16140&author=Jor]Funny you ask. I have been wondering this myself.

I ...
24-4-2011 at 15:59
by: IndependentBoffin
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