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Post by download on Apr 26, 2013 2:19:09 GMT
Nah, it's missing the cocktail of chemical reactions that takes place: - Hg(CNO)2 → CO2 + N2 + HgO + Hg(OCN)CN
- Mercury(II) fulminate in the percussion cap
- 4C3H5(ONO2)3 → 12CO2 + 10H2O + 6N2 + O2
- Nitroglycerin (doesn't need oxygen to explode!)
- 2(C6H8(NO2)2O5)n + 7nO2 → 12nCO2 + 8nH2O + 2nN2
- Nitrocellulose, aka "gun cotton" (flakes of this had completely replaced black powder by WWI)
- (C2H5)2O + 6O2 → 4CO2 + 5H2O
- Diethyl Ether ("ethoxyethane", or just "ether") used as a solvent
- (CH3)2CO + 4O2 → 3CO2 + 3H2O
- Acetone (I know it was at least used in manufacturing, so some would probably get in there)
- CH3CH2OH + 3O2 → 2CO2 + 3H2O
- Ethanol, which was used as a dilutant (this is the type of alchohol that you drink)
- 2CnH2n+2 + (3n+1)O2 → 2nCO2 + (2n+2)H2O
- Generic combustion reaction for hydrocarbons (like Petroleum Jelly, which was used as a stabilizer)
And that's just what could be going on in a WWI-era .303 British, such as would be fired from a Vickers Machine Gun. And let's not forget about the Cu-Ni full metal jacket, or the Cu-Zn (brass) casing... With a little ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) you could replace all that nasty acetone and solvents which clog barrels. Range-tested, Traveler-approved. Good luck with that bomb
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 26, 2013 3:50:30 GMT
It does require some finesse when melting to avoid singing your eyebrows, yes, but it's not as volatile as all the powderheads say. It still takes a very high temperature to set it off and the result is a much more even consistency. As long as you are fine with wearing a fume hood while at the reloading press, it's a wonderful propellant and very cheap. I would use it exclusively if it wasn't so finicky. 48 cents a pound compared to $15-$20 a pound for regular gunpowder.
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Post by Nnelg on Apr 26, 2013 3:51:35 GMT
With a little ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) you could replace all that nasty acetone and solvents which clog barrels. What acetone? All that's left over is CO 2, H 2O (steam), and N 2. Anyways, for a propellent you want deflagration, not detonation; otherwise you'll damage the firing mechanism. (And NH 4+NO 3- only detonates.)
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Post by download on Apr 26, 2013 4:28:45 GMT
It does require some finesse when melting to avoid singing your eyebrows, yes, but it's not as volatile as all the powderheads say. It still takes a very high temperature to set it off and the result is a much more even consistency. As long as you are fine with wearing a fume hood while at the reloading press, it's a wonderful propellant and very cheap. I would use it exclusively if it wasn't so finicky. 48 cents a pound compared to $15-$20 a pound for regular gunpowder. No, I can guarantee that if you loaded a gun with ANFO, it will be a bomb and you will die, assuming it goes off.
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Post by download on Apr 26, 2013 4:29:24 GMT
Why are we even discussing this anyway?
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 26, 2013 4:50:44 GMT
No, I can guarantee that if you loaded a gun with ANFO, it will be a bomb and you will die, assuming it goes off. Several boxes' worth of .22s and I'm still waiting for it to explode and kill me, so I don't really know what to say. We're talking about less than a thimble-full of liquid. I don't put it in big rounds. Some people do. The guy in Texas who was on the news in 2009 was fooling around with rifle rounds. He was stupid and he hurt himself because of it. Why are we even discussing this anyway? That's a very good question. I think it had something to do with the onomatopoeia for blowing a raspberry originally.
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Post by download on Apr 26, 2013 5:01:38 GMT
No, I can guarantee that if you loaded a gun with ANFO, it will be a bomb and you will die, assuming it goes off. Several boxes' worth of .22s and I'm still waiting for it to explode and kill me, so I don't really know what to say. We're talking about less than a thimble-full of liquid. I don't put it in big rounds. Some people do. The guy in Texas who was on the news in 2009 was fooling around with rifle rounds. He was stupid and he hurt himself because of it. Why are we even discussing this anyway? That's a very good question. I think it had something to do with the onomatopoeia for blowing a raspberry originally. .22lr rounds loaded with ANFO, sure
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 26, 2013 5:12:19 GMT
You're going to have to pay Nnelg a tax every time you do that, you know.
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Post by stef1987 on Apr 26, 2013 7:27:33 GMT
I have no idea what you are all talking about, but where's the threat about the current page ?
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Post by tpman on May 1, 2013 4:41:25 GMT
None of those came to mind when I wrote that. First mammal that wasn't a flashback In all fairness I don't think the Coyote was a flashback. That was more of a hypothetical animal for Coyote exposition purposes.
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Post by Nnelg on May 1, 2013 9:36:09 GMT
First mammal that wasn't a flashback In all fairness I don't think the Coyote was a flashback. And the mice definitely weren't...
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