Lead picrate
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Lead picrate
, Pb(C6H2(NO2)3O)2, is an initiating explosive, and thus highly sensitive.
For demonstration purposes, it can be most easily and safely prepared in situ. Picric acid
is mixed with red lead
(Pb3O4), and then heated. It is not recommended that more than 50mg is ever made at any one time. At around 130–160 C, as the picric acid melts, the mixture detonates violently.
Picrate
A picrate is a salt or an ester of picric acid . But it could also be an additional compound which picric acid forms with many aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, aliphatic amines, alkalines, and other compounds. These additional compounds are also called picrates even though they are not a...
, Pb(C6H2(NO2)3O)2, is an initiating explosive, and thus highly sensitive.
For demonstration purposes, it can be most easily and safely prepared in situ. Picric acid
Picric acid
Picric acid is the chemical compound formally called 2,4,6-trinitrophenol . This yellow crystalline solid is one of the most acidic phenols. Like other highly nitrated compounds such as TNT, picric acid is an explosive...
is mixed with red lead
Red lead
Lead tetroxide, also called minium, red lead or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment. Chemically, red lead is lead tetroxide, Pb3O4, or 2PbO·PbO2....
(Pb3O4), and then heated. It is not recommended that more than 50mg is ever made at any one time. At around 130–160 C, as the picric acid melts, the mixture detonates violently.