On 25 Sep 2004 11:18:53 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
Andy Dingley writes:
On 25 Sep 2004 09:46:36 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

Come to think of it, we all made a test tube of TNT in
practical chemistry

MNT or DNT possibly, but not TNT.

Maybe -- I don't now recall enough of the details of what we did.
It was certainly exposive though...

We did the TNT synthesis too, and I'm sure it was tri-, not mono- or
dinitrotoluene (at least that was what "chalky" our teacher claimed we
were making, and the reaction theory backed it up). It could be that
his intention was to terrify us, and if so he was successful as we all
were very wary after being told to be careful not shake it in case it
exploded.

Phil
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