Trinitrophenol
by Punisher
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This explosive is a phenol derivative. It is toxic and explosive
compounds made from picric acid are poisonous if inhaled, ingested, or
handled and absorbed through the skin. The toxicity of this explosive
restricts its use due to the fact that over exposure in most cases causes
liver and kidney failure and sometimes death if immediate treatment is not
obtained.
This explosive is a cousin to T.N.T. but is more powerful than it's
cousin. It's the first explosive used militarily and was adopted in 1888
as an artillery shell filler. Originally this explosive was derived from
coal tar but thanks to modern chemistry you can make this explosive easily
in approximately three hours from acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin purified).
This procedure involves dissolving the acetylsalicylic acid in warm
sulfuric acid and adding sodium or potassium nitrate which nitrates the
purified aspirin and the whole mixture drowned in water and filtered to
obtain the final product. This explosive is called trinitrophenol. Care
should be taken to ensure that this explosive is stored in glass
containers. Picric acid will form dangerous salts when allowed to contact
all metals except tin and aluminum. These salts are primary explosive and
are super sensitive. They also will cause the detonation of the picric
acid.
Next needed is aspirin. The cheaper brands work best but buffered
brands should be avoided. Powder these tablets to a fine consistency. To
extract the acetylsalicylic acid from this powder place this powder in
methyl alcohol and stir vigorously. Not all of the powder will dissolve.
Filter this powder out of the alcohol. Again wash this powder that was
filtered out of the alcohol with more alcohol but with a lesser amount
than the first extraction. Again filter the remaining powder out of the
alcohol. Combine the now clear alcohol and allow it to evaporate in a
pyrex dish. When the alcohol has evaporated there will be a surprising
amount of crystals in the bottom of the pyrex dish.
Take forty grams of these purified acetylsalicylic acid crystals and
dissolve them in 150 ml. of sulfuric acid (98%, specify gravity 1.8) and
heat to dissolve all the crystals. This heating can be done in a common
electric frying pan with the thermostat set on 150 deg. F. and filled with
a good cooking oil.
When all the crystals have dissolved in the sulfuric acid take the
beaker, that you've done all this dissolving in (600 ml.), out of the oil
bath. This next step will need to be done with a very good ventilation
system (it is a good idea to do any chemistry work such as the whole
procedure and any procedure in this file with good ventilation or
outside). Slowly start adding 58 g. of sodium nitrate or 77 g. of
potassium nitrate to the acid mixture in the beaker very slowly in small
portions with vigorous stirring. A red gas (nitrogen trioxide) will be
formed and this should be avoided. The mixture is likely to foam up and
the addition should be stopped until the foaming goes down to prevent the
overflow of the acid mixture in the beaker. When the sodium or potassium
nitrate has been added, the mixture is allowed to cool somewhat (30-40
deg. C.). The solution should then be dumped slowly into twice it's
volume of crushed ice and water. The brilliant yellow crystals will form
in the water. These should be filtered out and placed in 200 ml. of
boiling distilled water. This water is allowed to cool and then the
crystals are then filtered out of the water. These crystals are a very,
very pure trinitrophenol. These crystals are then placed in a pyrex dish
and placed in an oil bath and heated to 80 deg. C. and held there for 2
hours. This temperature is best maintained and checked with a thermometer.
The crystals are then powdered in small quantities to a face powder
consistency. These powdered crystals are then mixed with 10% by weight
wax and 5% vaseline which are to melting temperature and poured into the
crystals. The mixing is best done by kneading together with gloved hands.
This explosive should have a useful plasticity range of 0-40 deg. C.. The
detonation velocity should be around 7000 m/sec.. It is toxic to handle
but simply made from common ingredients and is suitable for most demolition
work requiring a moderately high detonation velocity. It is very suitable
for shaped charges and some steel cutting charges. It is not as good an
explosive as C-4 or other R.D.X. based explosives but it is much easier to
make. Again this explosive is very toxic and should be treated with great
care.
AVOID HANDLING BARE-HANDED, BREATHING DUST AND FUMES, AVOID ANY CHANCE OF
INGESTION. AFTER UTENSILS ARE USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS EXPLOSIVE
RETIRE THEM FROM THE KITCHEN AS THE CHANCE OF POISONING IS NOT WORTH IT.
IF MANUFACTURED AS ABOVE, SHOULD BE SAFE IN STORAGE BUT WITH ANY HOMEMADE
EXPLOSIVE STORAGE NOT SO RECOMMENDED AND EXPLOSIVES SHOULD BE MADE UP AS
NEEDED.
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