Re: Liquid Explosives used aboard airliners

<WilliansWalker@xxxxxxxxxxx>


| I'm not a chemist but this essay below was posted on a bulletin board.
| Do the chemists here concurr that the following is true? This was
| written by a fellow with a PHD in chemistry...
|

[snip]

Above 10 Celsius, the TATP does not form;
| instead, diperoxide forms, which is so unstable it cannot be worked
| with.

[snip]


----------
Acetone dihydrogen peroxide (which - when it wants to be - is a liquid)
"on standing gives the triperoxide." Both forms are explosives.

SO: A.G. Davis.

The di-peroxide is usually prepared using dry Caro's acid.




--
donald j haarmann
---------------------------------
The explosion removed the windows,
the door and most of the chimney.

It was the sort of thing you expected in
the Street of Alchemists. The neighbours
preferred explosions, which were at least
identifiable and soon over. They were better
than the smells, which crept up on you.
Terry Pratchett


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: "Chemists have a reputation for
    ... Emma Marris is a reporter for Nature based in Washington DC. ... Why do chemists make compounds that could blow up in their faces? ... But useful explosives share one thing: ... Because they are chemists, and they like explosions, is the popular ...
    (sci.chem)
  • "Chemists have a reputation for
    ... Why do chemists make compounds that could blow up in their faces? ... But useful explosives share one thing: ... Because they are chemists, and they like explosions, is the popular ... synthesize a highly explosive compound called octanitrocubane (M.-X. ...
    (sci.chem)
  • "Chemists have a reputation for
    ... Why do chemists make compounds that could blow up in their faces? ... But useful explosives share one thing: ... Because they are chemists, and they like explosions, is the popular ... synthesize a highly explosive compound called octanitrocubane (M.-X. ...
    (rec.pyrotechnics)
  • Re: "Chemists have a reputation for
    ... although many great scientists have died ... Why do chemists make compounds that could blow up in their faces? ... But useful explosives share one thing: ... Because they are chemists, and they like explosions, is the popular ...
    (rec.pyrotechnics)
  • Re: OT -- On the implausibility of the explosives plot
    ... Dennis. ... The so-called Miami Seven--no weapons, no experience with explosives, ... How about this for a ridiculous notion - malcontent Muslims hijacking planes ...
    (misc.transport.trucking)