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: <128@bernina.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 06:02:24 EDT Article-I.D.: bernina.128 Posted: Tue Jul 7 06:02:24 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 01:30:46 EDT References: <209@picuxa.UUCP> <2631@weitek.UUCP> <265@uvicctr.UUCP> Reply-To: srp@bernina.UUCP (Scott Presnell) Organization: Chem. Dept., Swiss Federal Inst. of Tech. (ETH-Zurich) Lines: 19 Summary: Don't try this at home... In article <265@uvicctr.UUCP> you write: >I just looked up lead azide: bubble N2O through a solution of Na metal >in liquid NH3 to get sodium azide, react this with a lead salt to get >lead azide. This is trivial? Not too bad (for a chemist). Sodium azide is pretty common, I use it all the time to keep those pesky bugs (bacteria) from growing in my buffers. But let's not post rough experimental descriptions on a "public" system. Someone may actually try this without the proper materials or supervision. (i.e. throwing the Na metal into NH4OH house cleaner, which happens to say "ammonia" on it, instead of real liquid NH3). Regards, 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