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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 773058" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Reminds me of Iodine crystals. That tincture of Iodine that you buy at the pharmacy is pretty harmless (other than it stings when applied to a cut) but Iodine has a sinister side...</p><p> </p><p>Iodine (pure) has to be kept in a liquid (wet) form. Once dried out and crystalized, it becomes very unstable. Just the act of an insect walking on Iodine crystals causes them to rapidly oxidize (rapid oxidation is what powders and primers do that makes them go bang). My dad used to take iodine (wet) and smear a bit on the window ledge and let it crystalize. A fly landing on the crystalized Iodine was immediately expunged. He blew the back of his desk out one time at work (he was head of Analytical Research for a large Steel company). He put some liquid Iodine in his desk drawer with the stopper not toght in the bottle and it dried out. He closed the drawer and bang, out went the desk.</p><p> </p><p>I had a very interesting childhood. Found out early on about frozen Co2, Iodine and distilling various substances.....</p><p> </p><p>Probably why I have a profound respect for compounds that oxidize rapidly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 773058, member: 39764"] Reminds me of Iodine crystals. That tincture of Iodine that you buy at the pharmacy is pretty harmless (other than it stings when applied to a cut) but Iodine has a sinister side... Iodine (pure) has to be kept in a liquid (wet) form. Once dried out and crystalized, it becomes very unstable. Just the act of an insect walking on Iodine crystals causes them to rapidly oxidize (rapid oxidation is what powders and primers do that makes them go bang). My dad used to take iodine (wet) and smear a bit on the window ledge and let it crystalize. A fly landing on the crystalized Iodine was immediately expunged. He blew the back of his desk out one time at work (he was head of Analytical Research for a large Steel company). He put some liquid Iodine in his desk drawer with the stopper not toght in the bottle and it dried out. He closed the drawer and bang, out went the desk. I had a very interesting childhood. Found out early on about frozen Co2, Iodine and distilling various substances..... Probably why I have a profound respect for compounds that oxidize rapidly. [/QUOTE]
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