MIQ@PSUVMA.BITNET (10/04/86)
In article <3927@utah-cs.UUCP>, b-davis@utah-cs.UUCP (Brad Davis) says: >>>> that's funny. i used to make ammonium tri-iodide, didn't know about >>>> nitrogen tri-iodide...wonder which is better? i had some pretty tremendous >>>> explosions with mine... >>> If you're talking about the stuff you get reacting 28% Ammonia (really >>> Ammonium Hydroxide) with Iodine cystals I think NI3 is closer to the ...blah,blah,blah... >>If there is any heat produce it is very little. It is NI3 (nitrogen >>tri-iodide). It does not blow up wet. If you get too much it's own weight >>will set it off. I have never seen anything that was so much as burnt from ...ad nauseum... >A little chemistry for all of you computer jocks out there. The name is >more properly ammmonium tri-iodide not nitrogen tri-iodide. I could tell >you why it isn't NI3 but that isn't as important to the discussion. > >Ammonia is NH3. Iodine is I2. The ammonia is bound to the iodine with >a property call hydrogen bonding. Hydrogen bonding comes about because ...etc, etc, etc. CP SET :-) ON The time has come for a new crusade. I officially declare war on all the unwashed scum who would turn soc.motss into net.chemistry.trivia. I call upon my good brothers and sisters to join me in this cause. Death to the chemistry fanatics!!! CP SET :-) OFF Please folks, could we drop this already?? ------- --------------------------- James D. Maloy | THIS SPACE FOR RENT | The Pennsylvania State University | Call 555-2317 | --------------------------- Bitnet: MIQ@PSUECL UUCP : {akgua,allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!psuvax1!psuvma.bitnet!miq "I am pleased to see we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us." -- Surak of Vulcan
jin@hropus.UUCP (Jerry Natowitz) (10/07/86)
I don't particularly care where something is posted, if it involves giving
directions that, if followed, could result in injury I will post a warning
to that effect. I was the author of the first paragraph that you quoted.
I share your frustration over the interminable duration of these rather
trivial topics; this one I was an outgrowth of the "how do you use bleach
to sterilize syringes" outgrowth of an AIDS posting. Then the "be careful
not to mix bleach and ammonia" topic started, degrading to "what is the
chemical reaction" discussion and then a side-track to iodine and ammonia.
I'ts been weeks since I read anything on the topic, what's wrong
with your newsfeed?
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Be hair or be square.kubic@reed.UUCP (10/08/86)
Although I agree that the "nitrogen" triiodide article does not belong in this newsgroup, I do want to point out that in large amounts, this is a very dangerous explosive - the Anarchist's cookbook gleefully encourages the making of TNT, nitroglycerine, etc., but cautions readers NEVER to make nitrogen triiodide (although the recipe is given). Of course in SMALL amounts, it can be fun... Erika (using Jan Kubic's login)