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From: brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III)
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Subject: Re: Re: Blowing things up
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 19:29:35 EST
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> Does anyone know an "easy" way to make Nitrogen Tri-iodide?  

That one is easy!  Get yourself some iodine crystals and some household
ammonia (The kind without the soap in it!)  You put a PINCH of the crystals
into a beaker full of ammonia and let the conversion take place.  WARNING
the reaction is exothermic and the whole beaker can get hot and start popping
if you put too much iodine in.  Trial and error works to get the ammount
right! :-)
Once the reaction has completed, you might change the ammonia every few hours,
you let the black crystals settle and rinse off the ammona.  The trick in
handling the stuff is to not let it dry out so you have to pack it in water.

The stuff is really HELL in keyholes.

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