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at those temps you`ll get all sort of side rxns taking place, as well as those provided by impurities. the temp gradients available in a test tube will make for all manner of "ideals" that will support/favor certain rxns.

I sincerely doubt that 0.5g in a test tube went "boom"! AN has a critical diameter of at least 10cms even then, with the best of intentions DDT would be a low order detonation! you`de likely got impurities in there such as dust that was burning much like as you mentioned the jelly bean in chlorate, AN is a fairly good oxidiser when hot like that. it Must be mentioned however that heating AN to those sort of temps is just plain dumb and won`t yield a good result for N2O production, you`v simply wasted some good chemical.

Inquisitor has been perm banned for mass trolling incl racism.

not exclusively, any more than metal or plastic is.

you have Gotta be kidding right!?

The worlds largest peanut, grown by Earl Adkins in North Carolina, was 4 inches long!

that`s happened to me a few times, I find that giving the book name and ISBN will suffice, if (as is the case with some of mine) the book is Pre ISBN codes, then title, year and author will have to do.

Wiki`s a nice Entry point but the Bibliography given at the bottom of most Wiki pages are the real gold. Like Swansont, if I say mixing A+B is bad idea because it`ll do something dangerous, 9 times out of 10 I won`t give a source (often it`s screamingly obvious why it`s bad) but also I Don`t want to point people to Recipes either!

I`m glad you Also pointed out about chalk being mostly Gypsum nowadays, I rem having a debate about that while ago. also for the seashells, it`s good if you can Roast them 1`st (in a tin can over a fire will do), it gets rid of the organic "glues" and ensures a better carbonate ratio. I`v made mine this way before and it works Great!

Smokeless is Nitrocellulose based, not a BP derivative. most of the smoke from BP is particulate matter, adding any sort of calcium salt will only add to this.

Huh!???

if you soak the filter papers in the silver nitrate 1`st and then spray on the salt water soln, you`ll get the PPT form within the fibers weave and are able to create a far more stable image than just using the powder, you also use far less chemical adding a little potassium or sodium bromide to the NaCl will assist in development time too. also if you can make these papers in the dark or under a safe-light, you can use them just like propper photo plates after with only a seconds exposure, and then then develop the latent image with a reducer. Vitamin C and strong Instant coffee will work as a developer as will paracetamol (acetominophen) and vitamin C. ALL must be done in a dark room! (except for the actual exposure). a soak in sodium thiosulphate after will "Fix" the image so that no further development can take place and spoil you picture when it`s in the daylight afterwards. I figure if you can get silver nitrate, then the Thio won`t be a problem

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neat! I could have done with something like that a few times.