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It expands your horizons while it expands your fume hood LOL! Derek Lowe's posts about crazy chemistry are always a joy to read.

by pdkl95 10y ago

bambax 10y ago
> But I have to admit, I’d never thought much about the next analog of hydrogen peroxide. Instead of having two oxygens in there, why not three: HOOOH? Indeed, why not? This is a general principle that can be extended to many other similar situations. Instead of being locked in a self-storage unit with two rabid wolverines, why not three? Instead of having two liters of pyridine poured down your trousers, why not three? And so on – it’s a liberating thought. It’s true that adding more oxygen-oxygen bonds to a compound will eventually liberate the tiles from your floor and your windows from their frames, but that comes with the territory. From http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/10/10/things_i_wont_work_with_peroxide_peroxides http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/10/10/thi...
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- digi_owl 10y ago
  I could have sworn he has one about long chains of nitrogen as well. An eyeopener for me, as even though i grew up on a farm i never considered nitrogen to be so "lively". Edit: Ah, found it. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/10/14/whoa_time_to_clean_the_fishtank_uh_root_canal_appointment_look_at_the_time http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/10/14/who...
  - cr0sh 10y ago
    You grew up on a farm and never decided to make a bit of ANFO?
    - digi_owl 10y ago
      Didn't have the right friends or reading material i suspect.
      - cr0sh 10y ago
        Yeah - I was just ribbin' ya a little. :) To someone who didn't know, the idea of those two common "farm items" being mixed to produce an explosive material wouldn't be expected or thought about (unless your dad or relative you lived with was into "stump removal" or such and too cheap to purchase the real stuff).
LeifCarrotson 10y ago
> This is apparently the first time anyone’s done this “peroxate” solvate trick with any energetic material, and no doubt others in the field are slapping their heads while reading this paper – gently, though, so as not to set off the stuff next door.

It expands your horizons while it expands your fume hood LOL! Derek Lowe's posts about crazy chemistry are always a joy to read.

by pdkl95 10y ago

It expands your horizons while it expands your fume hood LOL! Derek Lowe's posts about crazy chemistry are always a joy to read.

bambax 10y ago

> But I have to admit, I’d never thought much about the next analog of hydrogen peroxide. Instead of having two oxygens in there, why not three: HOOOH? Indeed, why not? This is a general principle that can be extended to many other similar situations. Instead of being locked in a self-storage unit with two rabid wolverines, why not three? Instead of having two liters of pyridine poured down your trousers, why not three? And so on – it’s a liberating thought. It’s true that adding more oxygen-oxygen bonds to a compound will eventually liberate the tiles from your floor and your windows from their frames, but that comes with the territory. From http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/10/10/things_i_wont_work_with_peroxide_peroxides http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/10/10/thi...

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digi_owl 10y ago
I could have sworn he has one about long chains of nitrogen as well. An eyeopener for me, as even though i grew up on a farm i never considered nitrogen to be so "lively". Edit: Ah, found it. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/10/14/whoa_time_to_clean_the_fishtank_uh_root_canal_appointment_look_at_the_time http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/10/14/who...
- cr0sh 10y ago
  You grew up on a farm and never decided to make a bit of ANFO?
  - digi_owl 10y ago
    Didn't have the right friends or reading material i suspect.
    - cr0sh 10y ago
      Yeah - I was just ribbin' ya a little. :) To someone who didn't know, the idea of those two common "farm items" being mixed to produce an explosive material wouldn't be expected or thought about (unless your dad or relative you lived with was into "stump removal" or such and too cheap to purchase the real stuff).

LeifCarrotson 10y ago

> This is apparently the first time anyone’s done this “peroxate” solvate trick with any energetic material, and no doubt others in the field are slapping their heads while reading this paper – gently, though, so as not to set off the stuff next door.