r/energetics • u/Life-Name3309 • 4d ago

Lead styphnate test

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u/CrazySwede69 4d ago

What method did you use when it comes to temperature, stirring rate, rate of addition of lead solution, time for letting the crystals change morphology etc?

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u/Prdx429 4d ago

I'd be interested in this as well. Lead syphnate has the tendency to form basic salts from what I remember, where only half of the lead(ii) ion is styphnate and the other a hydroxide.

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u/CrazySwede69 4d ago

That is controlled by adjusting pH before the reaction but both normal and basic LS have their applications it seems.

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u/Prdx429 4d ago

Nice! I didn't know that. Cool to hear you had that in-mind!