I recall as a kid making fly killers with this - mixing it with a bit of sugar, and spreading it on a little square piece of paper. When it dried, a fly attracted to the sugar would blow himself up. Much more entertaining than flyswatters.

The slow motion is really good at telling how bad we are at reacting to explosions.

The anarchist's cookbook says: _The reason for its popularity may be the ready availability of the ingredients, but it is so sensitive to friction that _*_a fly landing on it, has been known to detonate it._*_ The recipe has only been included as a warning and as a curiosity. _*_It should not be used_*_._

Safety glasses underneath a safety visor. He's taking no chances.

prettiest explosion ever... what a lovely purple!

My chemistry teacher in the late 60s used to spread this (in tiny amounts) on the floor of the chemistry lab and let it dry for when the cleaners came in. Inspired by this, a friend who in later life was an industrial chemist put a tiny amount under his doormat for when I arrived. Unfortunately, his ancient dog went in first and had a heart attack and died when it went off. It isn't actually pure NI3 he's made, but NI3.NH3. Still works the same, though.

One of my minor claims to fame as a schoolboy was putting a small portion of this while still liquid under the tip of a billiard cue, where it screws into the cue. The night before a pool tournament.

Even more exciting is to use a 405nm "UV" laser (which can be seen as visible blue) to set it off as the photon energy is sufficiently high to star the reaction. A red laser won't do it as the photon energy is too low.

I did the same thing in high school but sprinkled it in the halls at lunch. The fire department was called and the school evacuated and I got called to the office and was threatened to be expelled. The vice principal though it was funny and said it was what the school needed to get some school spirit going.

very nice demo, thanks!

This was fun to watch.

High quality sound High quality music High quality subjects i love it :)

10/10 cool looking fireworks!

When I was 14 years old, we used this as a propellant. Tricky to do, but a very powerful and brisant explosive, but we got it to work. It’s about 3x more powerful than gunpowder, but about 0.2 times as powerful as RDX. Bearing in mind, I was only a school kid at the time, but we think our calculations were about right., so please don’t criticise my maths - I was only 14!

Very nice

this'd be a very useful liquid to carry around and lay in lines around places as traps. Maybe there could be some chemical way to create a quicker drying solution so you could throw sealed containers of the stuff and they'd act as non igniting explosives.

very good

Very pretty.

That's probably the prettiest explosion I've ever seen.

We made this in high school and painted it on door knobs. One drawback.....it's shelf life of only a few days in the mother liquid before it self detonates.

WIll a more concentrated ammonia create a stronger detonation?..or will its be of the same strength as using regular conc. store bought ammonia?

Why can't all explosions be that cute? Also, pink/purple fire would be awesome :o

At least it would disinfect your wounds after you touched it.

I ordered iodine crystals this morning, and I already have a big bottle of ammonia 😁 I can't wait! I feel ten years old again 😋

That you made so much makes me think you've never done it before..

Does the reaction happen in a closed or open system

Explosions and gunshots: Heard it? Means youre alive

also a way of storing cold neutrons readily available as it phase state changes?

Cool!

I'm 59 and I still play with it.

What is the bacvround song in the video? Its sooo calming.

Wow that's a huge yield. 😳

Ahh beautiful, I love iodine

I'm up. Travis stopped by

in high school I made some nitrogen triodide and spread the crystals in front of the grinders in the electric shop. When they dried and anyone approached the grinders it sounded like electricity and the teacher shut the electricity off. He knew who was responsible because I couldn't stop laughing. I was sent to the office

Wah.. Dangerous.. But it's beautiful !!

How much of nitrogene triiodine was used in this reaction?

what does the force change the makes in explode?, pressure, i guess, but that makes chemical changes happen? idk

Is this compound used anywhere?

cool music :D

That purple smoke plume at the thumbnail looks like Great Britain!

I wonder -- my being a know-nothing in Chemistry, -- how would fulminate of mercury compare -- and would it react to compression or concussion similarly? I don't know. I want to learn!

Just be careful not to breath in any of the purple fumes. Iodine sublimates, that is it goes from solid to gas and back to solid without a liquid phase. Breathe it in and you'll have solid iodine in your lungs. Probably not a good idea.

Indeed

Just imagine if one day they find a way to make it stable to move and transport. Such a small amount can make such a fierce detonation but imagine storing it in large amounts, maybe a tonne. That would be DEVESTATING.

No fume hood? No respirators? And an audience. Recipe for some irradiated eyes right there my guy

Put that into a bismuth shell like a paintball and voila! Ninja Smoke Pellet!

I wonder how much of a "chunk" of the substance before it would go off under its own weight?

It actually has a melting point, the mlt point is so close to the boiling point that it looks like its sublimating

OMG I think this was in a Nancy Drew book when I was a kid. They never said what it was but I did always wonder. Wow this is not what I pictured.

What are the chemicals? For educational purposes of course I wouldn’t want to mix them on accident

Better than just yelling "SMOKE BOMB!" and running away.

It's really beautiful; but then, isn't everything?

I made this in chemistry class a long time ago (along with other things) it’s very messy

Is this the same formula known as "Peter Logan's Exploding Paste"?

Now we know whats exploding in farcry 4.

That go off in your pocket (or even before you get it anywhere near a paintball in the first place)

0:42 a real page turner.

ich habe mal in einem Labor "NaN3" gelesen, das schein auch instabil zu sein

Nitrogen Triodide. With a bit of bait it makes for an effeciltive fly and wasp killer.

Holy shit, my vid looks like an ant's fart compared to this. I wouldn't dare to do this in that amount. Awesome!

What do they do with the iodine cloud?

do they use this chemical on those small pebbles you can throw down and they make bang?

is this the same as TI3

I resisted the temptation.

I made some of this stuff in class and my professor was like "i don't think it worked...oh well" in the middle of our reading time-BAMBNANGABMNG

He sounds kinda like Professor Snape

2:23 Cody makes an appearance?

I leant this in my chemistry class many years ago. Got suspended for putting it in the teachers staff room on the kettle, taps, tables and chairs. They could not take a fucking joke.

It is reported that alpha radiation can trigger the explosion. Are you able to try it?

also I thought the I vapor is toxic

Has the stuff ever been transported or every time its used its made on the spot

This is nitrogen triiodide?

relevant.. oddly

we used to inject it into keyholes.

hey jack wanna play catch with this powdery pink ball i found? sure! Breaking news! a little boy's hand was blown off by a pink ball when it spontaneously exploded on contact!

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Made it in college. Only works with iodine crystals and ammonia solution. Harassed a roommate.

NI3-nitrogen triiodide

i know what my next project will be...

Nitrogen triiodide?

This dude just blows up a bunch of iodine no mask

2:45 Looks like Britain

And i thought TATP was sensitive...

Causes small explosion with heavy duty front only facing mask on. Looks away.

Hmm, imagine smearing some on toilet seats for April Fools

Nitrogen trioxide

IS THIS PETER LOGAN'S EXPOLODING PASTE????

2:56

While playing with NI3 while in high school, blew out the windows in my room just after I left. Dangerous. Don't mess with it.

"Ok, something doesn't make sense to me. If iodine spontaneously reacts with ammonia to become NI3, and NI3 spontaneously decomposes to nitrogen and iodine and releases energy - and I know that nitrogen and hydrogen release energy when they are combined to form ammonia, though they need a platinum catalyst, but this makes no thermodynamic sense, for them all to happen spontaneously and release energy. What's the deal here? What are the conditions under which ammonia and iodine form NI3?" The conditions are simple. Soak iodine crystals in an ammonia solution, and then evaporate the solution. There's your NI3. Not difficult.

Ny science teacher is doing this

If only Iodine and Ammonia weren't controlled substances... for science of course ;)

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unicorn farts????????

*breathe

Chemist really need to get better detonators instead of just whacking things with hammers that go boom.

this is what happens just after a fairy is born!

There may be no industrial use. But here is a civilian use. Paint back corner of car so when cop puts his hand there BOOM, no more ticket since no more hand to write it.