[alt-photo] Re: "Moistened" AD (4th and final attempt)

[Erich Camerling]

Dear Trevor,

Moistened with 0.5 - 3 % H2O (water) means that this form of Ammonium 
dichromate is less explosive.Riedel-de Haen calls it phlegmatized with 
water.Look at wikipedia for more explanation.

Kind regards
Erich


Trevor Cunningham schreef:
> A local chemical distributor sells an ammonium dichromate product in 
> two states:
>
> 1) Crystal form from the German company Merck
>
> 2) "Moistened Extra Pure 97%" form from Scharlau in Spain
>
> Any guesses what the "moistened" product might be? What would the 
> mixing realities be? Any ideas why I'm shootin' blanks? I tried plain 
> text this time.
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