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To: dp0622
Picric acid reacts with iron, and becomes shock sensitive.

Boom.

The Japanese used it as the primary charge in their WW2 knee mortar round. They had to line the case with ceramic, to prevent the reaction during storage. They stopped using the ceramic, late in the war, to cut costs and speed up production. It's why, if you see the juice can sized shells while wreck diving, you don't touch, or you may vanish, in between blinks...

50 posted on 12/06/2017 6:45:59 AM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: jonascord

I was just about to Google that, thanks.


63 posted on 12/06/2017 9:43:31 AM PST by Gamecock (The greatest threat to humanity is not "out there" but "in here" in the recesses of the soul. TK)
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To: jonascord

Wow. Great new info i didn’t know. Always love learning something new. Thanks


70 posted on 12/06/2017 1:23:20 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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