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alkyal:
What does this chemical do in regard to mixing NITRO?

Spud Miller:

 Makes it dangerous as all xxxx.

 From what I've read, it makes the nitro even more shock sensitive. It's also a time-based deal...once you mix it, the maximum effect happens in a certain period of time after which the formation of hazardous nitrate crystals can form. Just screwing the cap on your fuel tank becomes a life threatening activity.

 Spud

slingshot383:
Fun stuff if you like to live on the ragged edge!  The Germans played with it at the end of WW II in the Komet rocket plane they used 2 separate trucks to fuel the plane and still killed people!

wideopen231:
Its a parts solvent.Well not rerally but does have same effect on perfectly good racing parts. I know a few use to run it back when we had funnycar and they still where not keeping up with good tuneup on 100% alky.

H.G. Wells:
It is highly reactive to rust and I believe copper. I will try to find an article on it that I remember.
When I sold race gas for a living I would occasionally have a customer ask for it. I refused to deal with it because as Spud said it was dangerous, probably more so than some of the other additives, with the exception of hydrazine. It would go off just because it wanted to.

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