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colored energetics of the rainbow

symboom - 12-3-2017 at 03:05

For instance

Purple
tetramine nickel perchlorate

Blue
Tetramine copper nitrate

Green
Copper azidotetrazolate

Yellow??

Orange??

Brown
chromium(IV) triammine diperoxide

Red
Nickel Bis(Aminoguanidine)perchlorate

White
Silver acetylide double salt (sads)

Black
Silver nitride

[Edited on 12-3-2017 by symboom]

TheMrbunGee - 12-3-2017 at 05:04

Yellow - Tetryl

orange - Tetrasulfur tetranitride

unionised - 12-3-2017 at 05:30

I'm not sure that pure tetryl is coloured. I'd go for picric acid or a pictrate.

greenlight - 12-3-2017 at 09:57

I would have to agree that trinitrophenol would be good a choice for yellow. I still have a stain in my carpet that is bright yellow after 2 years from when I spilt a small amount of wet TNP carrying it through the house.

Maybe orange could be styphnic acid. I have seen pictures of quite orange samples.

TheMrbunGee - 12-3-2017 at 11:38

Quote: Originally posted by unionised  
I'm not sure that pure tetryl is coloured. I'd go for picric acid or a pictrate.


tetryl.PNG - 31kB

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symboom - 12-3-2017 at 23:21

Even harder challenge would be a list with only metal salts or complex salts

NeonPulse - 13-3-2017 at 23:59

TNT can be many colours depending on the isomer.
Tetryl i have made is very pale yellow.
lead styphnate i have made was a vibrant orange. it can vary in colour depending on the way it was made.
say DDNP is an olive brown.
copper azide is a rusty brown.
tri basic copper azide was green.
NHN is lavender purple.
CoHN was a salmon pink.
my lead azide is a beige white.
There are many metal azides of varying colour.

rainbow on anvil

Laboratory of Liptakov - 16-3-2017 at 12:44

Last answer mixing all together and bang on the anvil. You will see all colors together in 3 milisecond. .....:cool:....LL