Undistilled water in HMTD -BOOM??-

[Synaigo]

A real friend ( not a "friend") last week made a batch of HMTD with hexamine extracted from fuel tablets only he did it with normal water the hexamine extraction) , wouldn't that be dangerous because of all the metals in the normal tap water (iron,etc) that might react with the complete product??

Thanx in advance...

[Microtek]

Not much more than the inherent danger of HMTD. There isn't that much metal in tap water ( assuming you live somewhere with a decent quality water supply ), and HMTD doesn't need impurities to be unstable. If you are looking for a safe explosive HMTD just doesn't cut it, so your first priority should be to find something else.

[DarkAngel]

I made AP and HMTD and i always filtered it with normall tap water,i don't think it will make your product more unstable.

And whe have the cleanest water in the world here http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/biggrin.gif
I heard story's that in country's like Italy you need to boil the water and filter it to drink it (the ppl there are used to it)
Maybe there it's a diverent thing.
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[This message has been edited by DarkAngel (edited October 24, 2001).]

[kingspaz]

i think with the instability of HMTD the small increase in instability due to contamination with tap water would be unnoticable. also there are many more contaminents which would have a much more dramatic effect such as residual acid. wait a sec, could metal hydroxides from the water have a positive effect by helping to neutralise residual acid?.....

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[Synaigo]

So the residual metals in the water shouldn't increase the danger much more than it already is right? ( I mean how could it become more dangerous? -lol- )

Also just a small note: the Hexamine that he had, it smelled a bit "fishy" but with a relatively strong ammonia smell (witch I didn't have in my Hexamine), could this indicate that the Hexamine might be decomposing?? If so what should be the expected shelf-life?? ( I doesn't really matter for me since i usually use it right away... but still!)

Also Microtek your talking about not too unstable primaries, what would that be?! I thought that HMTD already was -relatively- stable ( if not brought in contact with metals... )

Again thanx for any replies past and future!

[mongo blongo]

There are many much more stable primaries than HMTD! Do some research into them. They do require more rare precursors, but it is worth it. I never use peroxides, they are far to dangerous for me ( this is my first post in peroxides, actually I hardly ever look in here http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif )
Lead Azide kicks ass! I have always dreamed of using it! http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

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