Jinx wrote: > We had a guy fired for trying the pot permangante/glycerol method > further down that page. He'd already had a warning for iodine/ammonia Ha, ha. We did both in high school. The nitrogen triiodide was particular fun. We also made gunpowder, but couldn't get it to go bang. Great orange flames and lots of smoke though. Saltpeter and sugar makes a great smoke bomb. So great that it overran the fume hood in the chem lab. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist