On 22 Jul 2002, at 10:32, Henry Spencer wrote:
> 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.
>
Thanks for the heads-up! I know that it's made by... well, by a
process involving ammonium hydroxide and iodine -- hence my erroneous
assumption.
Chris
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