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Jumala
October 8th, 2001, 01:10 AM
I found two methods for making sodiumazide at the omikron chem digest.

One is melting NaNO3 and sodiumamide together at 175 °C

NaNO3 + 3 NaNH2 = NaN3 + 3 NaOH + NH3

the other is streaming N2O over sodiumamide at 180°C

NaNH2 + N2O => NaN3 + H2O

Has anybody tryed this or knows more details?
J
October 8th, 2001, 05:04 AM
Moving to Misc...

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deezs
October 9th, 2001, 11:24 AM
The first sounds good! Has somebody a recipe for it?

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deezs
October 18th, 2001, 05:23 AM
I got a job at a physical chemistry lab on the university, where I learn. I have found some (20-30g) NaN3 there. Have you got an interesting experiment to do with it? I don't want to waste it with making metallic azides. Tell me something else!

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nbk2000
October 18th, 2001, 02:42 PM
Add it to sulfuric acid and make hydrogen azide gas. As toxic as hydrogen cyanide, and highly explosive. Liquify and detonate.

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mongo blongo
October 18th, 2001, 04:41 PM
Yes I have read about Hydrogen Azide it sounds really dangerous though. I think it is almost as powerful as PETN?
It has the advantage of being deadly even if it has failed to detonate! But it's a bit too nasty for my liking.

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