Raising Boys (Funny)

russotto · 07-06-2005, 03:21 PM

You need to use the shock chlorinators (calcium hypochlorite), not the stablized stuff, when making a big fire with brake fluid and swimming pool chlorine.

Ammonia and chlorine make all sorts of stuff, generally called chloramines -- NH2Cl, NHCl2, NCl3 (which is not as much fun as NI3, but similar; it disassociates and releases free chlorine gas). Probably not NH4Cl (ammonium chloride), you need an acid for that and bleach and ammonia are both basic.

07-06-2005, 03:21 PM	#13
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	You need to use the shock chlorinators (calcium hypochlorite), not the stablized stuff, when making a big fire with brake fluid and swimming pool chlorine. Ammonia and chlorine make all sorts of stuff, generally called chloramines -- NH2Cl, NHCl2, NCl3 (which is not as much fun as NI3, but similar; it disassociates and releases free chlorine gas). Probably not NH4Cl (ammonium chloride), you need an acid for that and bleach and ammonia are both basic.

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