Nitrogen Triiodide Detonation

[BRyanS72]

Heh, I would cover the tip of my friend's pencil with this, I could only imagine what would happen...

[upisoft2]

I found that it was dangerous though. One day I had left the filter papers on top of the kitchen refrigerator on a piece of newspaper. My father came to take something from it and when he smashed the door, the air moved the newspaper and all go BOOM! Then I found how chemistry could be dangerous making your father chase you all over the house....

The iodine stains on the white paint on the refrigerator reminded me about that story for years. Damn thing didn't want to get out easy.

[bigtopbollocks]

cool did they bung that on a funny seat?

[kyuhyon2]

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作ってみよ

[Clothahump1]

Kinky does it with a feather.

Perverted does it with a chicken.

:-)

[Rikudemyxdert]

so how do you mix it without it detonating?

[albinoman13bt]

@Rikudemyxdert Its pretty stable till it dries.

[WillytheKid9423]

@Rikudemyxdert When its wet you can mix it but the second it dries on the filter paper. I made it during free lab after the AP Chem test, its a lot of fun but takes a long time for the iodine crystals to dissolve in the ammonia though

[upisoft2]

@WillytheKid9423 When I was teenager I used to make it by mixing ammonia(25%) with ethanol solution of iodine. Reaction is pretty much instantaneous and you can start filtering the nitrogen triiodide immediately. The plus side was that you could buy both ammonia and iodine solutions from the drugstore.

[glasstronic]

YOU BURNED MY FEATHER!!!!!!!

[Mangoe11]

Imagine putting this one someone's pillow.

[UTubeisSHIT523441]

do not try this at home. no really, you will have a mess afterwards. All the NI3 will not burn, instead it will spread all over your room, which will go off when you step on it or touch it. The room thus turned into a "mine field" with literally thousands of small mines and its really a mess and painfull to clean afterwards..

[glasstronic]

@UTubeisSHIT523441 YES it does..

[1989Gez1989]

Made this yesterday. I tried to detonate it when it was damp by whacking it - thud, thud, thud, thud......BOOOOM!!

My ears were ringing afterwards. Bloody dangerous.

[njmvermont]

put A LITTLE! in the threads on a plastic bottle than get someone to open it

[njmvermont]

you can leave it in the amonia in a vile and dump some out where ever you want it. just make shure it dosent dry on the sides of the vile or under the cap

[rcjs2051]

Potassium Iodide + Hydrochloric Acid + Hydrogen Peroxide + Iodine Crystals. Iodine Crystals + Ammonia = this stuff. I've never personally made any. Going to soon though. And the Iodine sold for medical use is Tincture of iodine and needs to be converted to pure iodine before being used.

[wazzup1212121212]

would it hurt if you touched it with your finger?

[lawmanbaseball]

Can you make this easily?

[4649TRUTH]

な、な、な、何すか・・・・・・・・これ？

[Mrguy399]

how do you take it from place to place if it explodes at touch?

[zapface94]

@Mrguy399 you dont. thats why there are very few uses.

[Tigerpawzs]

@Mrguy399 lol

[WizardBill]

@Mrguy399 When submerged in ammonia it is stable; it is explosive after it dries.

[Addamondes]

@Mrguy399 stored in a liquid

[IamDerpp]

how do you make this, or were do you get it?

[Duxasblt]

@IamDerpp its a long recipe but long story short, you need iodine crystals and saltpeter( Potassium nitrate if its more clear). The hardest part is getting the iodine crystals.

[crimsongod7]

@Duxasblt it's just.... Ammonia and iodine.... Ammonia can be found in your pantry, and iodine can be found in a medical kit

[romtigg2]

im real gay yeaaaah

[SkpD1991]

can i use this to cook meth?

[MrZeppelin1988]

@SkpD1991 yes

[mynameisabag]

put a little in a lock, let it dry then *tap*

[naxps]

So, how do you handle it or transport it?

[OliGreenaway]

@naxps it is safe in a liquid form, only when it is dry does it start becoming explosive.

[Gwynne66]

@OliGreenaway

Saying it is "safe in liquid form" is a bit of an exaggeration. It isn't as dangerous in liquid form but it is VERY far from "safe".

[purplemutantas]

@naxps You don't. The only use this stuff has is demonstrations in chemistry classes. It's far to sensitive to use for anything else.

[neighbour666]

Happy memories! I lost my sight when I was fourteen years old through playing with this stuff. My dad thought I'd let off a pistol shot and came out to see me wreathed in purple haze and clutching my face. I was wrapped up like The Invisible Man for three months, but thank you Moorfields Eye Hospital in London for getting me back to 20/20 vision! What a laugh! I'm over sixty now and I still think this stuff rocks!

[TheHevquip]

so i read about this stuff and thought it'd be pretty fun to make and also read that a feather could set this off and was like "whatever" and then i saw this video and that "whatever" went to "OH FUCK NEVERMIND THIS STUFF"

[Elisha414]

I just did that, on my school... I didn't think it would blow up like that so I screamed like hell! Now, I'm deaf at my left ear..

[morleron]

We used to make "land mines" for flies with it. Put a drop or two of sugar water next to a little bit of nitrogen triiodide and say bye-bye to any fly foolish enough to land near it. Also fun to put it on pieces of brown paper towel (when still damp) and place on top of random books in the school library. Months can go by before someone removes a book with the little booby-trap on it. Used to drive the librarian nuts with this one.

[Paradoxmagic]

I put it (wet) under my principal's toilet seat and allowed it to dry. Though the library trick sounds really funny

[EmmaPeelman]

Because of that library prank your name should be moron, really. That stuff is too dangerous to play around with. And I am not even a librarian.

[gunluvinnut]

You sound like someone who does a risk assessment before you go for a dump.

Get a life!!!!

[Scrap5000]

@morleron That library prank is NOT cool

[mayhemrw]

Used to make this in school and paint it on doorknobs.

[prickett233]

lol.. we use to do that too.... go the science teacher real good one day as he use to setup a generator on the metal door handle and give us electric shocks.

[PelvicThrustProds]

is it strong enough to cause injury?

[mayhemrw]

Not really. Just like a crack from the inside of a cracker. Heck of a lot of noise, bit of mess, but not really much damage.

[sychu84]

I can't get the last sentence "one product of the reaction is ...." - what she said?

[Edminster]

"One product of the reaction is violet Iodine vapour"

[sychu84]

thx :)

[MrJaHorton]

Uh... judging by the massive amount of typos in both your posts, you don't need to be playing with ANY explosives, or matches.... stick with the feather.

[sulimanayad]

dip a match in it, lose a finger. even if you do it wet it won't light the match on fire it'll just blow it to pieces. a word of advice... there are easier ways to light a match.

[cottonames2]

idiot, you could never get it into a 2000 pound bomb because it would detonate under its own weight long before you got to 2000 lbs.

[DrJohnCockwalrus]

Sssshhhh! Let them try it! ;)

[FrontalTraction]

For a joke, tape some to the head of a hammer.

[killman369547]

imagine that in a 2000 lb bomb im not sure if it would survive the flight to the drop zone tho

[elCHEDE]

pura mamada

[NDANG88]

it doesnt detonate it changes form rapidly...its actually borderline solid to gas..and the little touch is enough to turn it to a gas rapidly.

[ExplosiveScience]

It is not a physical change if that is what you mean, but a chemical change. Both nitrogen and iodine superheated gases are released in an instant.  Every detonation is only a chemical change, this is a detonation under most definitions a well as mine. If it is not, then what is a detonation?

[WestRaiderz]

What can this be useful for? Is there an alternate way to handle it besides keeping it wet? I know it's very sensitive, but it looks so damn fun to make.

[AssemblerGuy]

Hehe, this stuff is chemistry's gift to the pranksters of this world!

[online602]

@AssemblerGuy Actually, this is a rather dangerous experiment. Iodine vapor is toxic, not to mention that the explosion could cause damage.

[TOCOMPLICATED]

I used to make this stuff by the pound in high school. But it became boring and I switched to 60% dynamite, TNT, C4 for entertainment. I had more knowledge of HE compounds when I went into the military than most people had coming out.

[donnelrj01]

I'm sure you did.

[Guardianv2]

Did he use 100% ammonia when he made this i dont see how else he could have made it so sensitive

[boredpotatoe2]

actually the use of high concentration of the amonia or the iodine creats a less stable "explosion"

[lordlozz1]

What is the R. E. of Nitrogen triiodide? (Relative explosiveness compaired to TNT?)

[flyingdutchman4444]

is that iodine vapour dangerous?? i mean is it toxic or something ??

[Mirage2000H]

yes it is

[DrJeKIL13]

VERY!!

[ejlmp]

Nitrogen Triodide sprinkled on a movie theater carpet wet will cause a commotion guaranteed to empty a few theater seats when there is SRO. The best way is just do 1-3 wet crystals so that only a few people may notice over the gunfire if any, in the movie. Placed under a toilet seat will speed up any lazy colon. Use only a little for that. Overall, not a good idea because if you want to see your idiocy, you have to hang around in a restroom and that's never a good idea these days.

[ejlmp]

The worst NI3 bang came when one chemist made some, and put it under the leg of a chair while it was wet. The plan was for the other graduate student to sit in the chair and have the boom. Instead the, secretary of the boss-professor came into sit in the booby trapped chair to leave a note to the student. As she sat down, bang went the chair and she was enveloped in a purple iodine cloud. The secretary already knew of chemist pranks and said the boss won't find out.

[Xxero0]

really? it would seem if you even talked around this stuff it would explode... so how did he get it under the chair without toughing it?

[ejlmp]

NI3 can be handled safely when still wet from ammonium hydroxide. It was put under the chair wheel when wet. It wasn't a large amount of NI3 under the chair leg. You can also store it under water to keep it wet. It explodes wth a purple cloud leaving a brown iodine stain that is only temporary.

[Xxero0]

oh, okay that makes sense.

[andrucks]

I feel sorry for the one that had to cleen that place.

[justjustin69]

Why doesnt it explode from touching the piece of paper its being held on?

[raazr]

Because it was wet then. Only when the solution is dry its explosive.

[Mazigdansk27]

If someone doesnt't know - to make nitrogen triiodide you should put iodine ( I2 ) into the ammonium ( NH3 ) and then leave it( more dry(without ammonium) - more sensitive). I don; think that you can get iodine in shop or market . You can get iodine formula where is only 3 percent of iodine but i don't think it'll work. NI3 after explosion gives iodine in gas (purple cloud). i want to say that it;s dangerous also because you don't know when it explode ;p;p

[anabiotics]

whats the point in blowin shit up dude?

[timothythegreat1]

are you kidding? blowin shit up is my favorite pass time.

[chinoooow]

Ye use amoniak, then they ll det when wet

[HaX80r]

amazing what you can make with household products.

[acbdogbreath]

where can i get this stuff?!

[MariusSemeonOrtiz]

You can make it with household products easily obtainable from a supermarket/hardware store!! i did at home yesterday and it worked!

[acbdogbreath]

thanks!

[f9901758]

Where did you get Iodine crystals? All I can ever find is Tincture of Iodine.

[MariusSemeonOrtiz]

That's what i got too. Don't worry, you can extract the iodine from it. Here's what you need:

-Tincture of Iodine

-Hydrochloric acid

-Bleach

There's a site that explains what to do next, should be easy to find just search on google

[TheRabidMonkie]

U can also buy iodine crystals from the pharmacy, or grab some from your school science lab.

[tkurtis20111]

what site?

[MariusSemeonOrtiz]

hmmm...... cant remember now, comment was 4 months ago lol...... lemme chack for ya..

[conotoxin]

But that was a wakeup call. Didn't need trouble with the police... could see getting thrown out of med school for THAT.

I broke ALL the advice I gave below... But I am telling you I was lucky not to get hurt. I will tell you that 10 grams is WAY too friggin much to make if you don't want to be buying windows and accoustic tile... and possibly scraping your fingers off the walls.

[conotoxin]

This is dangerous stuff to make. IF you are going to make it NEVER make more than 0.25 grams at a time. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW: When it is wet with ammonia it can still be detonated! HOT WATER will do it, so will ALUMINUM and probably a lot of other things. These two I found out the hard way: destroying some plumbing the first time, and nearly losing my hearing the second.

We used to make it in grad school, and spread it (wet) in front of the bars across the street from the apartment. Cont

[conotoxin]

Then people would track it everywhere (it was winter, everyone had shoes). Within a half hour or so, you would start hearing the first bangs. The last night we did it, the police showed up. I shouldn't laugh, but they kept trying to get a sample of this strange dark explosive material on the sidewalk...

Sitting there with an evidence bag in hand, the moment they touched the stain BANG > purple cloud. Even if they had managed to get some, it would have detonated in the evidence bag later.

[ksocean]

Oh man...I'm trying not to laugh at the cops, but LOL.

[CrashByron]

anyone know how to make this stuff? I can never get it right.

[j0han1]

Maybe you have bad ingredients 'cause I find it strange how it could fail. I made it as a kid from pure over-the-counter ingredients I bought at the pharmacy. Just don't buy all the ingredients at the same time they're not stupid ;)

[MariusSemeonOrtiz]

can you tell me the ingredients please?

[rezyser91]

To jest PASTA PETERA LOGANA  WODA AMONOWA + JODYNA

[Kristoffermini]

How do i make it to a paste

[darrenaedge]

if u make it into a paste the paste wont explode untill its dry. its brilliant for practical jokes. paint the paste on he back of sum1's draws and when they slam the draw shut a decent amount will blow da draw back out.

[00KoolKat00]

I wouldn't trust it wet, either. I don't know about you, but I like my fingers.

[Jemlink]

I'm keen on not taking advice about handling explosives from someone uses "u" as "you", "da" as "the", and "draws" as "drawers". And, for any matter, if you "paint" a paste on someone's drawers, it will detonate if they even barely touched the drawer.

[darrenaedge]

i'm not giving you advice am i! i'm simply saying that it can be made into a paste which wont detonate untill dry. the chemistry lecturers at my university use it loads for practical jokes. and the way that i type on the interent in now way should represent my intelligence, simply how lazy i am.

[darrenaedge]

and the paste doesnt explode on movement it explodes on touch and therefore the draw moving wouldnt set it off but the contact with the backboard of the desk or with a wall would thus firing the draw backout.

[wst50]

1) It's spelt drawer FFS. Also, use punctuation.

2) The shearing force through the paste would set it off if the drawer was moved rapidly out.

[Rareflux]

if it's so sensitive that a gnat fart will ignite it, what good is it... seems like any device (bomb) made from it would be set off prematurely by the footsteps of bugs crawling over it.

[amrak63]

You're right that it's too sensitive to be of practical use as an explosive. It's simply an amusing curiosity.

[DrLsw]

ud probably have to hav it a liquid then put it in a container and drop it a half hour or so b4 droping it

[steamroller60]

That is fantastic. I don't care about the voice-over, it's got EXPLOSIONS!

[TheTrojanHought]

Nice. Shame about the stupid American woman doing the commentary.

We did this in one of our last Chemistry lessons at college, although we didn't dry it enough so it just periodically made little "bang"s instead of one massive "BANG" like in the vid.

[beatdeat]

The stupid American woman? There's no place for ignorance in science.

[musclemania07]

that is one of the dumbest things i have ever heard. you sound stupid to me if you you didnt dry it enough.

[TheTrojanHought]

Have you ever made it?

[itwhizjnr2]

When it's dried out it becomes explosive.

You're the stupid one mate

[beatdeat]

I didn't expect that violent of a reaction. Can anyone tell me what causes it's instability?

[TTsplash]

where can i find this stuff? i need to give it to my teacher :)

[mensa9999]

An easy way to make NI3 is by using a route similar to the classic Iodoform reaction (Potassium Iodide/Acetone). Dissolve Potassium Iodide (KI) in aqueous ammonia (NH4OH), saturated solution, and then precipitate out NI3 by slowlly adding Clorox (Dilute Sodium Hypoclorite) to the solution. Seperate using a buchner funnel under suction and filter paper. Don't make too much and keep it wet until it has been placed in the spot where it will be dried and detonated.

[DrLsw]

cant u just buy the stuff

[Jape1990]

Sure you could, Iodine is made from salt.

[ultranova3]

can anyone help me to explain how NH3 stabilize NI3? the structure is always NI3NH3, what is the function of NH3 there?

thank you

[Brainiaccccc]

Cool!

[jippyperson]

Funny as hell!

[Melonman64]

"NHv4+3I--->NIv3+2Hv2"

Not quite. Iodine is diatomic (like most halogens), so the equation is:

2NHv4 + 3Iv2  --> 2NIv3 + 4Hv2

[capncrunch9233]

haha stoichiometry, im doin that in school. gaaaaay

[Auron1186]

now,, lets say "someone i know" was interested in making this nasty powder, how would one go about moving it with out setting it off?

[70m3k]

someone should not try to move it, when it's dry, if he likes his fingers where they are.

It has to be wet to be moveable.

And someone shouldn't make NI3 in the first place... or at least no bigger amount than a few miligrams...

[nitrex]

The main Idea is to always take precaution when doing this, that is all.

[Gothic1982]

Just give it a puff of air. It'll detonate even with that.

[lacedevil]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAW cant wait to do it at school :D!!

[mynameisabag]

The chemical equation is NIv3 so we must somehow bring N into the solution. Using ammonia (NHv4)dilute the Iodine. This mixture is a single replacment reaction, and will give of Hv2 gas (NHv4+3I--->NIv3+2Hv2), yet must be left alone until a clear layer of ammonia is left on top of a purplish pasty substance. The paste is you Nitrogen TriIodide. In its liquid for it is very stable, however as a solid you can see what it is capable of doing.

[AirsoftLife]

exactly how dangerous is this stuff? (what kind of damae can it do?)

[AirsoftLife]

Sorry, that was supposed to be "damage"

[nitrex]

Well you can lose your fingers if you wore to touch it or your fingers are close to it. Same reaction goes with NCl3 and NBr3

[AirsoftLife]

I heard somewhere that a large amount of this could be used to det. anfo. Is this true?

[nitrex]

Yes but you have a problem, you can't use a large ammount of it because you can take the risks at doing it. Although i am no expert and i don't know much about explosives, although i know what kinds are used.

[AirsoftLife]

now, does it det. when it's wet? cuz you could possibly put it in a brass cap while it was wet, fuse it, and use it while it was still wet. but i wasn't sure or not if it ddt'd while wet

[nitrex]

No, i am sure it has to dry, you have plenty of time moving it around the place before it dries up.

[AirsoftLife]

well...i've kinda...had bad experiences drying this stuff outside in the sun. lol. if you know what i mean.this is gonna sound really dumb, nut, can you sensitize it so it does det when it's wet. Ik how stupid it sounds, sensitizing NI3, but can it be done?

[nitrex]

Well i am sure there is a way to make it stable or maybe not. I know they made Nitroglycerin stable and started selling them in the pharmacies. But for NI3 i don't know if their is a way to make it stable and make it explosive when wet. There should be a way to make them lose their stability at a wet position, not sure about how to do that.

[AirsoftLife]

hmmm... i'll have to read around about it. but thanks a lot for all the other info

[mynameisabag]

you can make this at home if you have iodine liquid (2%) iodine and 98% alcohol and water. Boil the iodine, the alcohol will evaporate first followed by the water. Iodine has a boiling point of 168 centigrade (check that to be certain) so along as you keep the temperature below 168 degrees C you will have pure iodine.