13 Sep
2004
13 Sep
'04
2:56 p.m.
At 06:59 AM 9/14/04 +1200, Peter Gutmann wrote:
(The nitrate was desensitised with ammonium sulfate and stored outside,
whenever anyone needed any they'd drill holes and blast off chunks with
dynamite.
AN is extremely deliquescent; perhaps the sulphate was for that? Removing chunks with dynamite is trying rather hard for a Darwin award. When I was a teen I would save the instant-cold packs after soccer games, and recrystalize the AN within. It melts and gives off bubbles but I never collected enough N20 nor did it detonate.