rasputin_ecuador
October 3rd, 2007, 11:32 PM
For 3 months now I've been trying to sinthesize cyclonite. Started out and thought I had bad NA, so I bought 98% labeled NA, then 99% and finally 100% pure. My hexamine was made by Ammonia and formaldehyde. I followed the instructions from mega's site and found that every attempt lead to the same result, not a single crystal precipitated.
I've also tried to make MF, no luck there either, I sometimes got an inert yellow powder, other times after adding the ethanol and filtering the product all I got was what I started with, mercury.
So I thought, am I such an inept bastard?
Maybe I am, but all I could come up with is that nothing works for me because I live 9000ft above sea level. The atmospheric pressure here is a hell of a lot less than in sea level which probably impairs my ability to succesfully complete any chemical reaction.
Any thoughts on what to do?
thx..
I've also tried to make MF, no luck there either, I sometimes got an inert yellow powder, other times after adding the ethanol and filtering the product all I got was what I started with, mercury.
So I thought, am I such an inept bastard?
Maybe I am, but all I could come up with is that nothing works for me because I live 9000ft above sea level. The atmospheric pressure here is a hell of a lot less than in sea level which probably impairs my ability to succesfully complete any chemical reaction.
Any thoughts on what to do?
thx..