I'm back from my trip, and due to a lack of pyro/explosives, I've been doing all kinds of stuff. Finaly, I desided to try making copper carbide(I've been wanting to for a while but havent had the time). The reactants used:

1g Copper Carbonate (CuCO3-Cu(OH2))

20ml Ammonium hydroxide

50ml H²O

5g Calcium carbide (CaC2)

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/john_doe/digphoto1_444.jpg All the reactants/glasswear/super camplicated apperatis .

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/john_doe/digphoto1_446.jpg Mixing the CC with the ammonium.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/john_doe/digphoto1_447.jpg Alowing the excess CC to seperate, the solution was then poured out slowly, and the excss CC was discarded. 50ml H²0 were added to the soulution(I suspect yields would be increased if you were to use less).

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/john_doe/digphoto1_448.jpg Acetaline(sp?) was then bubled through it and crystals can be seen.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/john_doe/digphoto1_451.jpg Filtering the final product.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/john_doe/digphoto1_453.jpg My yield (not to impressive).

I really wanted to get a video of it deflagrating, but I dont know how to upload video. Oh well...







[This message has been edited by john_doe_pyro (edited 07-31-2003).]

Interesting.

What the hell do you do with copper carbide? Is it an H.E.?

good job .. it's great to see people who contribute to the community such as you

Yes, it's a ausome primary, and is quickly becoming my favorite of all primarys.

That's fantastic, but for those of us that don't have full wall monitors, can you bring down the size of the pics to about half that?

Yeah, Sorry about that, I dont know how to make them smaller . So, for now I guess we'll just have to live with it.

great job, do you have a gram ammount on your final yield?

Yep, Though it was prety sad at ~1.5g.

i think im gonna try copper carbide for the first time. does anyone know any info other than how to make it like VOD, Toxicity, sensitivity to shock, flame and friction, and anything else like that