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tests ETN
You do not know how to distinguish deflagration from detonation? But PHILOU right here above wrote now it :-)
For 2g ETN 7x7mm is it 3mm steel plate. And clear hole 10x10mm. It is full detonation. If will be only valley, it is not full detonation. Dr.
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Are you sure? Ah yes Wiki says...but it forgot to mention that: 
-Gas explosion is also fast burning and it can blow windows in large areas without acheiving detonation
-Close yourself in a room and light a Pirat-banger...you will be deaf for a while and your ears will be ringing...proof of a shockwave on your
eardrums.
-Fireworks fabric can nearly detonate in the event of a fire accident...even if deflagrating devices.
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It looks like PHILOU, that we just now hitting a empty grain. Liptakov.
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This may or may not be relevant, but I've recently taken up an interest in mixtures of "pyro" grade aluminum and ETN crystals. Has anyone attempted to
use such a mixture as a detonator? Without any other additives, I mean.
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NPED
Of course. Here is easy scheme for construction NPED detonator, only with quality aluminium powder, use as for "silver" color. Conditions is no-oxide
surface. And 5% NC2 (12,4N) Liptakov.
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safety blasting cap questions
The other day while dealing with the nasty peroxide caps I have to use because azides are to poisonous I'm to lazy to make fulminates and haven't got
round to DDNP yet a thought struck me I have all the regents to make both ETN and PETN readily available its just going to cost me some money so mabey
I could try out a little idea i have been concocting the idea is to have an ultrasafe blasting cap you know the one we all dream of. Now how I was
going to try this is by pressing about 0.9 grams of PETN into an aluminum tube 0.5 grams of ETN on top of that and then 0.2 grams of magnesium powder
about 300mesh on top of that initiated by a small charge of bp. Now here are my questions 1 can ETN be detonated by heat alone 2 if so will it
achieve a full detonation and lastly do you think this is worth trying or would my time be better spent? All ideas welcome anything to avoid HMTD.
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lastly do you think this is worth trying or would my time be better spent?
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Your time would be better spent reading the NPED thread. Which I will now merge your question into-
http://www.sciencemadness.org/madscifaq.html#2.1_Board_topic...
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| Quote: Originally posted by Laboratory of Liptakov | Of course. Here is easy scheme for construction NPED detonator, only with quality aluminium powder, use as for "silver" color. Conditions is no-oxide
surface. And 5% NC2 (12,4N) Liptakov.
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Could you specify Aluminum powders by mesh size/microns and particle shape... Flake? Granular? Spheroidal?
How is Aluminum oxide coating removed from your powder? Or do you perhaps specify a particle coated with stearine or similar during milling?
And what is that intriguing thing (initiation device?) coming in from the right side of drawing! Shock tube/Nonel? Fuse? Electrical lead for a high
voltage discharge to outer case?
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I intended to use Mg not Al but here's how I make both. I get aluminium foil for my al powder and stick a piece of paper on either side and gently
heat till chared with blow torch then cut into fine pieces and mill for a few days till either 300 or 400 mesh achived the carbon coats the powder and
makes it way more reactive I can light this stuff with a bic and it burns quite slowly as for mg I just order that of eBay because its cheaper and
less effort than me buying block and drilling shavings to be milled. If any one has better ways I'm open to ideas.
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What about using miniatures CuO thermite torch with nozzle as the primary initiator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn-MCCZ3O1M
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Al in Berta
Sorry to be a long time I was not here. For all the people: System Berta is not the nickname Bert, it's a coincidence. Furthermore, Bert questions:
type of aluminum is not an essential condition for the entire facility. However, renders, used to be very good quality aluminum p.a. Pure not
oxidized. Shaped like a small flat leaves, fine dust.
Among many other tests shows that the basic condition is: The grain Size of 2x2mm and Hard grain. Defined density, or several
different densities. According to the diagram. It is absolutely crucial thing. A mixture of DD transfer might look like this: ETN 70, Mg 10, NC2 (NC3)
10, NH4ClO4 10%. Another important question to Bert: No nonel. Only coaxial cable. At the end of 10 mm thin steel wire. Of scourers.
Another mixture of DDT may look like this: ETN 70%, aluminum (any powder) 10%, NC2 10%, Pb304 10%. Basis is: 70% EM, ± 10% NC arises hard grain.
And cca 20% for senzibilisers. Needless to look at it in a special mystery. Like super nano aluminum and the like. EM, binder, catalyseur for fast
start burning. It is all. Nothing science, nothing madness. Only a few 1000 tests. 
Last update and news on Liptakov channel youtube, of course.
Standard power suply 6V /1A, for instant detonation.
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For system NPED / ETN there can be many other transition mixtures. TACP is primary, but no very sensitive. As LA or FHg, or HMTD. Very effective
catalyst for ETN transfer is mix with TACP. Such as DDT mixture: ETN 80 (70%), NC2 10%, TACP 10 (20%). This group includes a detonator only 10%
diffuse no very sensitive explosives. And it is quite safe for filling. As you can see, aluminum there is not. Or another example: 70% ETN, NC2 10%,
NHN 10%. NHN is very stable, Abel test OK, no dissolved in water. This combination will soon be investigated. But production Nickel Hydrazine Nitrate
are poisonous. TACP not. For amatheur produce is thus better use TACP. Of course, questions stand his long time stability. How I see, I am only one
person, what really tried this system. And I having positive results. You can somebody also. And no only talking about this....
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Liptakov:What does the 2 or 3 means in nitrocellulose lacquer?NC2 or NC3
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DDT
Its simple. NC2 is nitrocellulose with volume N about 12,4-12,6%. NC3 cca 13-14%. Or original shotgun powder, (with nitroglycerine). Its best for easy
prepare mix NC2+NC3 1:1. Volume NC for transfer mix 8-15%. Next: Transfer mix (%) ETN 70, NC2 10, NHN 20 confirmed. 100% detonation. NHN is relatively
inert, stabille, Abel test OK. Output segment pure ETN 0,22g/100Kg, tranfer mix 0,24g/35Kg, around ignitor t. mix 0,2g/10 Kg. Inside diameter classic,
6mm. Similarly as on scheme here upstairs. Other conditions same. Coming soon on YT.
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Thanks!
Why are you using so much copper compound?Not enviromental friendly and relatively hard to prepare.(There is a lot of explosive left over in the
water)
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Many explosives is not friendly to the environment. But it's better than compounds of lead, mercury, nickel, and more. And here is a detailed
procedure for hybrid detonator ETN - NHN. Also poisonous. But it works...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKrH350yIgI
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Subsrcibed for your channel a few months ago! Great videos, you could have much work in it.
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LL, I see you went down from 8mm to 6mm for system Berta.
For ETN this works fine, no doubt. I used it with success in 5/7mm Brass pipe, but the brass is hard to cut for series production.
But how about NHN and TACP, will they work in such small diameter too?
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very good quality aluminum p.a. Pure not oxidized. Shaped like a small flat leaves, fine dust. |
An oxymoron.
As a pyro guy I'd say dark stuff is superior. But this is oxidized of course - only about 85% Al, the rest is oxide.
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NHN
Well, in today video is both systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1m9zIed46Q
Pure NHN do it problems. But TACP have transfer without problems. CHP is more sensitive, but many attempts was making with TACP, without CHP. And
works it always. In dia. 6mm, of course. Liptakov.
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Aluminum is second only to charcoal in the huge variety of effects available from different process/particle size of a material-
Here, a brief explanation:
http://www.jpyro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Kos-220-228....
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@LL:
Could you say something about your copper pipe?
Is it rather soft? Because there are hard on soft copper alloys.
I wonder if the softer ones are good enough because cutting is easier of course.
And that sleeve - do you find it's necessary? I pressed a lot of caps with less strong aluminium tubes and got my stuff to 1,6g/cm³ without bulges.
Copper is even stronger...
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Cu
Well. Any copper tube is good. Soft or hard, or steel or brass. Even the paper. The paper was tested on the inner diameter of 8 mm, 12 mm surface.
Thus, the wall of 2mm. Full detonations to target steel plate 3mm hole 8-9 mm. But no always. Sometime failed. Therefore, it is much better to use a
metal, Fe, Cu. Heavy metal puts a good dynamic resistance in process of detonation. It is important. Aluminum not. Paper not. Plastic material not. It
says a several years of experience.
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Flake Aluminum is what LL seems to describe, but the very bright silver colored paint grade Aluminum is usually coated with stearin in my experience-
Which may be easily washed off with a few rinsings with suitable fast drying anhydrous solvents to increase speed of reaction. But it will be surface
oxidized!
Is no such thing as "Aluminum powder without oxide coating", unless milled or blown in an inert atmosphere or under hard vacuum, and after always
always handled similarly.
LL- There are many incongruous or unlikely units of SI measurements in answer to my recent questions, is it possible you sometimes meant to write um
or nm and post has been auto corrected to mm?!
Perhaps spelling out fully all terms and chemical names once when first mentioned, with associated abreviation to be used after would make it easier
to understand some of the descriptions as well. Or it may just be I'm too tired to get these from context.
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I'm not sure I understand, but: For a variety of patents, it is clear that: The most effective is aluminum, which is used as a pigment for aluminum
paint color. Most effective for ammonium nitrate composition. I do not know if it is on the surface (my aluminum) stearin or not. For the construction
of ETN-NPED is good to use aluminum flake-color. No use German dark, dark India and spherical. It is my experience. But: ETN-NPED works well with
other ingredients than aluminum. Basical of all is big grain for transfer mix. And his density, of course. Liptakov.
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I think it's clear that we want the fastest possible deflagration in this case.
And that means dark Al is the way to go, oxide layer or not.
Any flashpowder kid knows that the "bright" paint grade stuff sucks for that matter.
That's my opinion.
On the other hand, maybe the aluminium acts primarily as a catalyst and only secondary as a fuel?
In the past there was some discussion that ETN detonated because it had contact to aluminium foil.
In this case the non oxidized paint grade stuff would of course be superiour.
@LL:
Did you wash the stearine cover from your paint grade Al?
And how about your pressing sleeve - this thing you put your cap in while pressing.
Do you really need that when using a strong pipe like the thick copper?
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