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*Igenx* Frequent Poster	posted December 07, 1999 12:10 AM I was reading a book on welding and came across "copper acetate (SP?) is an extremely sensitive jell that forms in the bottom of copper pipes exposed to acetelyne. It is sensitive to friction and shock, so NEVER use copper pipes for oxyacetelyne welding setups." Anyone have any idea how to synthisize the stuff or any information on it? An explosive that could be made from pennies and acetyline would be useful, to say the least =)
HMTD Factory Frequent Poster	posted December 07, 1999 02:06 AM Copper acetate isn't explosive, there's whole bunch sitting in my kitchen. pour penny and vinegar together and wait for long time. It gives beautiful green light when flame pass through it, then decompose into copper and acetic acid, which might decompose into water and CO2 if temp is high. Maybe your book says "Cuprous Acetylide", Cu2C2, that's really explosive. Can acetylene and copper directly synthesis into cuprous acetylide? I don't know.
nbk2000 Moderator	posted December 07, 1999 02:32 AM Copper sulphate is available at hardware stores as tree root killer, cresote remover for chimneys, and also sold in bulk as "bluestone". Dissolved in water, you could probably add calcium carbide directly to the water. The carbide reacts with the water to form acetylene in the water, which reacts with the copper salt to form copper acetylide. The calcium reacts with the sulphate to form insoluable calcium sulphate. But if the copper acetylide is also insoluable, then you would need to bubble the acteylene in seperatly. ------------------ "The knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them." www.50megs.com/nbk2000
poison Frequent Poster	posted December 07, 1999 12:44 PM Well my tree root killer I git is kno3. Ive never seen copper sulfate in the stuff. matter of fact I have a bottle in the next room its very high % of kno3 to. -Poison

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