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Uploaded by on Dec 13, 2006

Lecture Demonstrator James Maynard, UW Madison, uses a peacock feather to trigger a small amount of Nitrogen Triiodide.

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  • the softest explosive? hello there is no explosive that's soft:P exept PBX, plastic explosive.

    you mean, the most sensitive explosive

  • No, I mean the softest explosive. You're thinking of the most pliable explosive.

  • but yes ofcourse P.B.X is an pliable explosive..

    Soft explosives does not exist.

    do you mean weak explosive?

  • Go to google. Type define:soft.

    First definition: "yielding readily to pressure or weight "

    As in the video, nitrogen triiodide readily yields to its unstable nature (explodes) at the pressure (touch) of a feather.

    The explosive is soft.

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  • what is the strongest explosive that gives off the softest sound

  • I am aware of that, but you said from scratch. and the correct term for primary explosives is ''sensitiveness'' not ''soft''.

  • you can buy ammonia easily and synthesising Iodine isn't too hard. You just need Hydrochloric acid, Hydrogen Peroxide and an Iodine salt or Iodine tincture.

  • Oh, sorry i'm not from a english speaking country, but it seems like your right!

    Sorry!!

  • NO damnit! what does soft mean??

    What does sensitive mean?

    -hello I don''t write that "someone in my family is a girl" when I mean that he is a boy!?

    -it's like a car without engine -_-"

  • You're thinking of Selenium tetra-azide man. it detonates if the temperature gets above about 230 degrees kelvin.

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