Here's some info on the production of nitrous oxide I found at:
http://www.c-f-c.com/specgas_products/nitrous.htm
"It is prepared by the action of zinc on dilute nitric acid, by the action of hydroxylamine hydrochloride (NH2OH HCl) on sodium nitrite (NaNO2), and, most commonly, by the decomposition of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3)." That is fucking sweet! About a year ago, I searched all over the net for an N2O synth that doesn't require ammonium nitrate, and I couldn't find shit. Today, I ran across the above quote while doing a search on hydroxylamine and MDOH. Ahhhh, reminds me of the great times I had when I combined nitrous and weed. Even if you don't love it as much as me, it's easy to make, and it'll hold you over until you can get the cash/materials together to make your favorite drug. "it'll hold you over" -> If you're like me, then you always need to have some type of illegal substance in your system.
What do they mean by "dilute" nitric acid? So, when the zinc is added to the nitric acid, zinc nitrate and N2O are produced? What would the ratio of zinc nitrate/N2O be? Any educated guesses, patent#'s, and references would be appreciated.
Is the synth that uses hydroxylamine hcl/nitrite a cleaner, more efficient way of making N2O? Ratio by weight of chems? H2O as a solvent? How would I go about doing this? Peace!
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