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tri-nitro-phenol and purifying sulfuric acid
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PEACE A New Voice |
posted December 16, 1999 07:54 AM
 
i was thinking of attempting to make trinitriphenol from aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) , sulfuric acid and potassium nitrate. BUT I was looking for some advice on safety or even a tried method from someone in this forum? i read that this is very toxic and contains picric acid. Should i attempt to make this? i mean would anybody in here make it? also if i boiled sulfuric acid until white fumes appeared approx. how concentrated would it be? enough to form the explosive above? thanx |
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nbk2000 Moderator |
posted December 16, 1999 09:46 AM
Trinitrophenol and picric acid are the same thing! And yes it is toxic so don't eat it or touch it with bare skin. Also, don't inhale any of the fumes given off during the nitrate addition to the acid mix. Do all the heating and mixing outdoors. Boiling sulfuric acid will concentrate it to above 90% which is more than adequate for making picric acid. My explosives section has several different process for making picric acid. ------------------ |
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PEACE A New Voice |
posted December 16, 1999 05:52 PM
hehhe shit i didnt know that!!! thanks for the info nbk2000, and what would detonate this explosive effectively? thanx |
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nbk2000 Moderator |
posted December 16, 1999 08:23 PM
AP or HMTD would work just fine. Just keep the picric away from metals if your going to keep it for any length of time. As for power, it's more powerful than TNT, but because of the expense and metal reactivity, it's no longer used by the military. ------------------ |
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HMTD Factory Frequent Poster |
posted December 17, 1999 09:04 AM
Peace, you can wash your product with some ammonia, it will get rid of the remaining acid, react the picric acid into Explosive D, ammonium picrate, used in HEAP. |
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