Benzoyl Peroxide (Explodey skin care)
Benzoyl peroxide is funny. As a commenter mentioned yesterday, it's used in skin care....Posted on April 2, 2008 11:29 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Explosives:
Mercury Fulminate (Not to be carried around in one pound sacks)
As a commenter surmised in my entry on phosphine, I really like Breaking Bad. The main character is a chemist, and the writers have done a good job of working a lot of chemical tidbits into the mix (even ones...Posted on March 5, 2008 11:31 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Silane (Weirdo methane)
A lot of science-fiction writers have spent a lot of time and energy hypothesizing silicon-based life. This isn't completely insane - if you go down a column of the periodic table, stuff tends to be the same. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine,...Posted on November 30, 2007 11:56 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate (More of a tattletale than an explosive)
Ethylene glycol dinitrate is simply the dinitrate ester of ethylene glycol - putting glycol under the same reaction conditions that yield the primitive nitro explosives, like nitroglycerin or TNT, yields this compound. Why's it important? It has a decent vapor...Posted on November 14, 2007 9:53 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Picric Acid (Explodey Acids)
Picric acid is a simple enough organic acid - its nitro groups withdraw electrons, making it a pretty strong acid for a phenol. However, it's got a slightly darker side: it's to TNT what phenol is to toluene. Those nitroes...Posted on October 8, 2007 7:29 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Isopropyl Ether (Into the high, explosive, ether)
I love old bottles of chemicals, and I've spent many a diverting hour perusing the shelves of old university faculty members' labs. Bottles used to come in pounds (or giant "ONE MOLE" sizes). Faded typewritten text, "For medical, pharmaceutical compounding,...Posted on August 1, 2007 8:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Acetone Peroxide (Just say no to ROOH?)
I was a little uneasy about writing about this one, since I was worried someone would try and make it. The image for this entry actually went through a few iterations, first, with a detailed explanation of the mechanism. Then,...Posted on August 11, 2006 12:05 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
