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milliliters) of hot water each time. Air dry bef<strong>or</strong>e using.<br />

8. Place the jar with the liquid (from step 6) in a hot water bath (as in step 5) and heat until the<br />

alcohol has evap<strong>or</strong>ated. The powder remaining in the jar after evap<strong>or</strong>ation is potassium <strong>or</strong><br />

sodium nitrite.<br />

Note: Nitrite has a strong tendency to abs<strong>or</strong>b water from the atmosphere and should be st<strong>or</strong>ed in a<br />

closed container.<br />

1.19 DDNP<br />

DDNP is a primary explosive used in the fabrication of detonat<strong>or</strong>s (section 6.13). It is to be used with a<br />

booster explosive such as picric acid (section 1.21) <strong>or</strong> RDX (section 1.15).<br />

Materials Required Source<br />

Picric acid Section 1.21<br />

Flowers of sulfur<br />

Lye (sodium hydroxide)<br />

Sulfuric acid, diluted Mot<strong>or</strong> vehicle batteries<br />

Potassium <strong>or</strong> sodium nitrite Section 1.18<br />

Water<br />

2 glass cups, heat resistant, (Pyrex)<br />

Stirring rod (glass <strong>or</strong> wood)<br />

<strong>Improvised</strong> scale Section 7.8<br />

Paper towels<br />

Teaspoon<br />

Tablespoon<br />

Eyedropper<br />

Heat source<br />

Containers<br />

Tape<br />

Procedure<br />

1.<br />

In one of the glass cups, mix 1/2 gram of lye with 2<br />

tablespoons (30 milliliters) of warm water.

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