SherlockHolmes
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VERY DANGERIOUS OLD NITROGLYCERIN!!!
Hello friends, I want to share something that happened to me last year. I synthesized 120ml. nitroglycerin, decided there was no point to neutralize
it properly because I test it quickly. Tests, however, slowed down and I forgot about it. After 1-2 months to get this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SvW_P0safI
It was synthesized with impure reagents and impurities due to poor neutralization and started to decompose and had spent a lot of NOx. I found that it
became very unstable when a drop of accidentally fell to the ground and detonate. I carefully filled the jar with flour and remove it from the lab.
PLEASE NO LONGER KEEP BAD NEUTRALIZED NITROGLICERIN PREPARED WITH IMPURE REAGENTS!!!
[Edited on 8-3-2013 by SherlockHolmes]
[Edited on 8-3-2013 by SherlockHolmes]
Sorry for my english. I am not from England. Thank you!
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| Quote: | | decided there was no point to neutralize it properly because I test it quickly. |
Full, immediate neutralisation of Nitro would seem to be elementary, Holmes . . .
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SherlockHolmes
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Even neutralized nitroglycerin may begin to decompose because of the presence of impurities with other compounds.
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One good thing about EGDN-it's lazy man's NG. It wont blow you up that readily. I've had (not well neutralised) EGDN for more then 6 moths. It didn't
show any signs of decompositon even when stored in a sunny warm place. Thoroughly washed NG turned greenish on my after just 3 weeks in similar place.
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What you say is from personal experiance, about the EGDN, but I have seen the stuff turn darker over the matter of days, and as to its ability to
accidently blow you up... I bet it could do the trick a lot easier than one may want, if improperly nutralized and/or mishandled.
How much more sensitive is NG than EGDN, Ral? I'm sure its common knowlage, but if you have some numbers you based that on it would be nice to see
them. Both substances being poorly nutralized may really change their sensitivity to various stimuli.
And hiss, you said it. Doing anything else is madness, IMO.
U.T.F.S.E. and learn the joys of autodidacticism!
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My first EGDN also turned darker in a matter of days, when I just sucked it with a syringe from the reaction, and let it sit like that  The numbers are that EGDN has twice the drop height of NG. From my experience NG
soaked in paper explodes readily when hit with a hammer. Well neutralised EGDN(on paper) is almost impossible to set off with a hammer. RDX explodes
with a good hit.
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Almost impossible to detonate from shock you? This is not to mention the sensitivity of neutralized and washed product. I just wanted to show people
what can happen in any store nitroglycerine which is prepared from impure reagents can not begin to emphasize the benefits of EGDN to NG. I nearly
died the last time EGDN synthesized. Furthermore, NG can be prepared plastic explosive that can stand several days outdoors and will not change its
explosive properties. I bet that most of my colleagues do not use extra pure reagents for synthesis. Otherwise perfect wash and neutralization of NG
can't be done at home but can stay several months or even year in a cool, dark and under a layer of water no signs of decomposition. And with good
neutralization and proper handling nitroglycerin do not think it is dangerous than EGDN.
[Edited on 9-3-2013 by SherlockHolmes]
[Edited on 9-3-2013 by SherlockHolmes]
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i guess this is the properties the general public is taught about NG.. (:
more sensitive = more fun
also had my first... unexpected fun today with sensitive stuff.. gotta keep your mind clear if going past 0.05g..
very interesting.. but i think you should never lack the safety when it comes to neutralization, still knowledge is made by alterations of
experiments, usually.. leading to unusual properties and new understandings perhaps new physical laws..
but its not always this new knowledge is acquired in silence when it comes to already sensitive compounds 
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