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Trinitrotoluene preparation
Due to the melting point you observed, it is definitely nitrated to a higher degree than mononitroto ...
13-9-2025 at 07:29
by: greenlight
Trinitrotoluene preparation
I had a similar issue to you years ago. Tried a three step process and did not use fuming nitric or ...
12-9-2025 at 09:51
by: greenlight
Looking for heating Mantles Australia
I think you would be fairly safe with domestic shipping. I just looked at the prices and I see what ...
2-9-2025 at 08:19
by: greenlight
Acetic anhydride preparation
I just completed a second attempt at the follwing:

1. Benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde via oxidatio ...
9-8-2025 at 07:17
by: greenlight
Acetic anhydride preparation
Hello Fery,

Interesting, so your saying that if acetic anhydride is produced, it will undergo fur ...
20-6-2025 at 09:29
by: greenlight
Phosphorus pentoxide dehydration final attempt
I decided to attempt dehydration of glacial acetic acid with phosphorus pentoxide one more time befo ...
18-6-2025 at 03:15
by: greenlight
How to make white fuming nitric acid from red fuming for rdx synthesis
[rquote=701015&tid=161091&author=nitropyrotech][rquote=700982&tid=161091&author=gree ...
30-5-2025 at 19:25
by: greenlight
How to make white fuming nitric acid from red fuming for rdx synthesis
Second that, much better to go hexamine dinitrate first and then to RDX.

As for the dry air metho ...
28-5-2025 at 09:05
by: greenlight
Acetic anhydride preparation
[rquote=698923&tid=9&author=hedgeberg]@greenlight try seeing if the distillate solidifies if ...
8-2-2025 at 08:50
by: greenlight
Acetic anhydride preparation
@hedgeberg, the end product did have a vinegary smell, you could be correct as it doesn't fume HCl a ...
3-2-2025 at 09:53
by: greenlight
Step 3: Benzyl alcohol route to acetic amhydride failure
Attempted to distill a mixture of the "benzoyl chloride?" produced in the previous step with anhydro ...
19-1-2025 at 10:01
by: greenlight
Original Destructions
Wow, is the back of the phone plastic or metal?
How thick is that metal shielding in the middle cir ...
15-1-2025 at 09:16
by: greenlight
Step 2: Benzyl alcohol route to acetic anhydride
Used the well written method from this thread to go from benzaldehyde to benzoyl chloride:
https:// ...
15-1-2025 at 09:02
by: greenlight
"Potassium pernitrate KNO4" at blast-tec.com, formerly pyrohub.com
[rquote=698138&tid=160748&author=Bedlasky]Apparantly it is gimmick to get around the restric ...
5-1-2025 at 13:28
by: greenlight
long-term storage of mercury fulminate
Was that the the primary reason for its discontinuation? Compromising the structural integrity of b ...
4-1-2025 at 05:37
by: greenlight
long-term storage of mercury fulminate
Mercury fulminate is not used in primers at all anymore as far as I know. Bullet primer composition ...
2-1-2025 at 08:17
by: greenlight
Substituting nitric acid with ammonium nitrate
I wrote that in a confusing way and missed out an important word.

139.67 grams ammonium nitrate a ...
25-12-2024 at 10:00
by: greenlight
Substituting nitric acid with ammonium nitrate
The reaction equation for the production of nitric acid from ammonium nitrate and 98% sulfuric acid ...
23-12-2024 at 00:11
by: greenlight
HMX via nitrolysis of DPT
To ensure accurate results, the nitrolysis was repeated a second time with phosphorus pentoxide to c ...
21-12-2024 at 04:42
by: greenlight
Is nuclear weapon miniaturisation driving institutional EM research?
Yes, the properties between CL-20 and RDX would only be apparent to someone working in the field com ...
18-12-2024 at 19:21
by: greenlight
Is nuclear weapon miniaturisation driving institutional EM research?
I believe there is a still large portion of EM research being dedicated to chemical explosives.

O ...
18-12-2024 at 08:46
by: greenlight
HMX via nitrolysis of DPT
Two nitrolysis reactions were run side by side with the DPT this time to examine whether the presenc ...
17-12-2024 at 00:52
by: greenlight
Step 1: Benzyl alcohol route to acetic amhydride
Okay, so far I have done the following:

Prepared a dilute aqueous solution of 78 ml of 70% nitric ...
10-12-2024 at 22:12
by: greenlight
Substituting nitric acid with ammonium nitrate
[rquote=697391&tid=160733&author=Sir_Gawain][rquote=697387&tid=160733&author=greenli ...
7-12-2024 at 08:06
by: greenlight
Substituting nitric acid with ammonium nitrate
I see @underminebrianeverglades beaten me to it and also been kind enough to crunch the numbers for ...
6-12-2024 at 11:13
by: greenlight
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