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From: hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Blowing things up
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 16:34:22 EST
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> > > Does anyone know an "easy" way to make Nitrogen Tri-iodide?  
> > > 
> > > I have yet to find a nice simple method that can be
> > > implemented in any dorm.
> > 
> > Here is the nice simple method:
> > 
> > Take iodine (not iodine solution) and mix it with ammonia.
> > Let it sit for a while and then run the mess through a paper towel.
> > The lump of stuff will blow up as it dries out.
> 
> I suggest reagent grade ammonia (ammonium hydroxide).  also, it might be nice
> to wash the stuff in ether ...

Actually, 99% denatured alcohol works quite well and is very practical.  Also
convenient and more-or-less readily available.  Xerox uses many pint-bottles
of the material (shipped in cases of 12) and it seems to wash about right.

Whatever you do, WEAR GLOVES and dispose of them asap.  Half a bottle-cap
full is usually more than enough to make small craters in cement.  Unnamed
locals once determined the proper amount to be put under the leg of a chair,
such that the occupant would recieve quite a surprise.  However, this
required weight on the chair...detonation of unoccupied chairs revealed
enough power to catapult the chair across the room.

Gosh, each classroom could be a minefield.  I'd better watch out.

-dave