if you are not encourage the making of such chemicals, why did you have HNO3 and H2SO4 fairly concentrated around? I'm assuming that's how you made it. I can't really think of a use for them except HE's. (I know there are other uses, but not many for individuals.)
Many people keep nitric acid to make Barium Nitrate for its carbonate, just one example of the millions of uses. If you are going to store acids it makes sense to store them concentrated. Why keep 32 litres of 0.5M Nitric acid when you only need 1L of conc. Its ludicrous to store large amounts dilute strong acids, it is far far safer to store small amounts of concentrated acids.
If making nitro glycerine an oil would form on the surface, carefully extracted it is easily made safe, not that 0.1g is unsafe in the first place. To make it non-explosive one could simply dilute it with glycerine itself. There are no real safety concerns that are not easy to address when making an incredibly small amount.
EDIT:> In fact NG is used by almost every person at risk from heart attacks, it is in every angina spray which is administered by the patient themselves under the tounge, if they suspect the onset of a heart attack. NG really is a real drug and it saves thousands of lives every day. If you are having a heart attack NG IS THE DRUG TO USE. PyromaniaMan did the right thing, who cares that it happens to be an high explosive, think of it as a side effect of the consentrated drug, not the explosive having a use as a drug. Drug is its priamary application, explosive is a bonus, these days it is not the other way round.<:EDIT
Anyway, upon reflection, there are many applications which require having acids, and glycerine for that matter. If some one has the nod to safe a live, three cheers. Could not really care less how it was achieved. Personally I think first aid courses should be taught in schools to all children, people die of heart attacks in the street every day and people just stand around and suck their thumbs because they have not got a clue; usually they are so arrogant they just walk past a dying person.
It is this sort of ignorance and prejudice that gives amateur rocketry and pyrotechnics a perceived bad name. We should be educating against this, not joining the masses and partaking in damning criticism. I’m sure you did not mean to come across as so cynical, but just a little propaganda can breed a whole race of ignorant and prejudiced people.
We already live in a society of ignorant, arrogant and prejudiced extremists, extremists of all kinds. I’m not talking about terrorists; I’m talking about the extremists we tolerate, like animal rights activists, the NCFS, the list goes on and on. These people stuck in their ways and unwilling to accept others for who they are and what they do, is a sad microcosm of the UK today. No one these days even wants to sit down explore different views. If there were more philosophy students the world would be a better place. We need to at least try to educate, not ignore things that are there. The largest problem is the government runs us into the ground, on one has the time the sit down and think these days, but that is another debate all together.
EDIT:>If we gave in to the ignorant chants of the extremists (the likes of the NCFS) the government would ban angina strays because they could be used to make b*mbs, they would sign a million death warrants in doing so. We really need to be in the know before we can go and criticise anyone. The fact that NC is THE drug for angina should have been at the front of everyone’s mind before they decided to mock.
Only in the presence of omniscience, can one truly criticise. <:EDIT
Edited by Andrew, 18 April 2006 - 11:21 AM.
