On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > ...equivalent to nitrogen triiodide in behavior.
>
> And if nitrogen tri-iodide is anything like ammonium iodide, it is not a
> thing to keep around in quantity. In college we called ammonium iodide
> "fly dynamite" -- meaning that if a fly walked on it, the fly would die.
You've got the two confused. Ammonium iodide, NH4I, is an ordinary and
benign chemical; it's used in photography. Nitrogen iodide, aka nitrogen
tri-iodide, NI3, is the murderously touchy explosive.
Henry Spencer
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