Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!srp From: srp@ethz.UUCP (Scott Presnell) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Low yeild explosives and "snappers" Message-ID: <124@bernina.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 01:13:22 EDT Article-I.D.: bernina.124 Posted: Sun Jul 5 01:13:22 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jul-87 07:04:12 EDT References: <209@picuxa.UUCP> <531@nonvon.UUCP> Reply-To: srp@bernina.UUCP (Scott Presnell) Organization: Chem. Dept., Swiss Federal Inst. of Tech. (ETH-Zurich) Lines: 24 In article <531@nonvon.UUCP> apn@nonvon.UUCP (root) writes: >... >ammonium tri-iodide is basically held together by H-H bonding and as the >water ( or other polar aprotic solvent ) evaporates away it becomes >unstable. BTW, ammonium tri-iodide is not at all the correct name, but >it *is* the common one. It still is my favorite..... nothing quite like >purple clouds of smoke with accompanying crackles. There is no known crystal structure of Ammonium tri-iodide / Nitrogen tri-iodide as it is too unstable. The one thing that is known is the stoichiometry: it is one Nitrogen to three Iodides. N1, I3. Therefore it probably is not Ammonium tri-iodide in the sense that an ammonium ion is involved, unless the hydrogen stoichiometry was left out because it could not be determined. Disclaimer: After consulting a few of my colleagues and my Professor, this was the consensus agreement. ----- Scott Presnell Organic Chemistry Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zentrum) CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. uucp:seismo!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!srp (srp@ethz.uucp); bitnet:Benner@CZHETH5A