The main things they didn't cover is what it's really made of. 3 ingredients for picric acid: Acetylsalicylic acid from asprin (or phenol), Nitric acid, and Sulfuric acid. What does this tell us right off the bat? Corrosive & possible nitrogen dioxide. Also tells us sodium hydroxide, or sodium bicarbonate will neutralize the corrosivness of these acids. There's no mercury & it's not radioactive, if it's dry there's no gas. Wet it down, wear gloves, and it's pretty safe to handle. It's not as volatile as people think but if it's converted with a salt nitrate making potassium/or lead picrite then its extremely sensitive to shock and heat.
I'm here from a game called Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnaughts. Apparently it was historically used in naval shells, so I imagine that sensitivity to shock and heat made it an accident waiting to happen. Then again that can be said of any ammo magazine at any time in history, since that's kindof the point. Though in game your chance of flash fires when you get hit go through the roof, which I would guess is probably a pretty accurate representation.
The main things they didn't cover is what it's really made of.
3 ingredients for picric acid:
Acetylsalicylic acid from asprin (or phenol), Nitric acid, and Sulfuric acid.
What does this tell us right off the bat?
Corrosive & possible nitrogen dioxide. Also tells us sodium hydroxide, or sodium bicarbonate will neutralize the corrosivness of these acids.
There's no mercury & it's not radioactive, if it's dry there's no gas.
Wet it down, wear gloves, and it's pretty safe to handle.
It's not as volatile as people think but if it's converted with a salt nitrate making potassium/or lead picrite then its extremely sensitive to shock and heat.
I'm here from a game called Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnaughts. Apparently it was historically used in naval shells, so I imagine that sensitivity to shock and heat made it an accident waiting to happen. Then again that can be said of any ammo magazine at any time in history, since that's kindof the point.
Though in game your chance of flash fires when you get hit go through the roof, which I would guess is probably a pretty accurate representation.
Todd was my Hazmat instructor
Todd is my spirit animal
Was that a full beard I saw behind an air purifying respirator at 0:33?
Yup! Not cool!
I make my own
Why don't they have "Industrial Chemists" in their team to do this? These guys are shooting in the dark.