nitrogen triiodide for .22 plinking??

[BeerBaron]

What ever happened to busting some good old clays with the .22?

 

[sillymike]

I can just imagine some guys doing this... then have them blow up in the truck of his car as he's making his way to his favorite plinking spot in the woods...

I wouldn't want to be the one having to explain that one to the insurance guy

 

[curtmg]

All I can say about NI3, is I'm thankful my highschool chemistry class only taught us how to make things we couldn't easily find the ingredients for, like enriched uranium for atomic weapons.

 

[reid134]

All I can say about NI3, is I'm thankful my highschool chemistry class only taught us how to make things we couldn't easily find the ingredients for, like enriched uranium for atomic weapons.

3rd row at your local soures store

 

[cablemonkey]

Try paintballs.

NI3 is a stupid and dangerous idea.

Nah, paintballs suck. We tried 'em and it was a waste of money. They don't do anything when struck, and they're quite small and hard to hit at any distance.

Pop cans full of water can be very satisfying, as can a steel gong.

'Tannerite' is probably your best and easiest bet for something _really_ reactive. Lots of recipies out there.

Get the aluminium (most sellers spell it aluminum) powder from ebay, and the ammonium nitrate from cold packs. Combine, as per whatever recipie you're using, at the range in paper cups or whatever and blast away.

Simple and way way way way way way safer than that iodine #### we all learned about in high school.

 

[cyclone]

nitrogen triiodide is not illegal. I don't think its considered an exposive. Nic

Just a thought - I'd never make a reactive target out of the stuff if

(a) I would later have to move it from the "preparation site"

(b) I would have to leave it unattended after preparation.

 

[tonyg]

search Tannerite on Wikipedia .

Doesn't seem to be up to the hype.......

 

[curtmg]

3rd row at your local soures store

Yeah, if it's in stock

 

[Murf]

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/jcesoft/cca/cca0/MOVIES/NI3IOD.html



Best get another idea.

 

[Flying Beaver]

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/jcesoft/cca/cca0/MOVIES/NI3IOD.html

Best get another idea.

Ah, that vid brings back memories of my youth. How on earth I came out of adolescence with eyes and hands intact astonishes me today. But for the Grace of God....

You really don't want to make targets out of this stuff. Quite a small heap of it will make a nasty hole in steel and a big purple cloud. Problem: once dry, it's so extraordinarily unstable you have essentially no control over "when".

Don't do this - Really!

 

[SandRoad]

Can Iodine crystals even be purchased now...

I don't know about now, but when I was young it came in those kids/junior chemistry sets... along with lots of other "interesting" chemicals.

It is really sad to see what they now try to pass off as a "chemistry" set. No wonder many of today's kids don't have a clue how things work or how to do anything other than play video games.

 

[Flying Beaver]

I don't know about now, but when I was young it came in those kids/junior chemistry sets... along with lots of other "interesting" chemicals.

It is really sad to see what they now try to pass off as a "chemistry" set. No wonder many of today's kids don't have a clue how things work or how to do anything other than play video games.

LOL. We didn't get our component chemicals in a kids chemistry set. Our local drugstore used to stock them, or would bring them in. As I recall, they came in a minimum 1 lb. size...... hence the rather "large" reactions.

 

[cyclone]

As I recall, they came in a minimum 1 lb. size...... hence the rather "large" reactions.

Go big, or go home!