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"The most common route is through aspirin, since this is the most widely available of the three." Is this sentence correct? It makes me think that it was written by someone referring to homemade pycric acid, I do not have the exact figures, but seems hard to believe to me that aspirin is easier to get than phenol or bencene, which have hundreds of industrial applications, and are, by the way, precursors of aspirin. This sounds like a reference to home prepararion of pycric. -- Paiconos 16:00, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Should not the sentence "Picric acid was one of the agents in the Halifax explosion." be under History, as opposed to under Uses, where it currently is? -- Blutpanzer 15:15, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
I have found picric acid listed in the contents of a first aid kit from early 1900's - why would it be in a first aid kit - used for what?
While nitrogen dioxide may be "highly toxic" as in, T+ using the European convention of labelling hazards, I am very hesitant to use it in text because firstly, WP:NOT. Also, it sounds sensationalist instead of reserved and objective. Lastly, if the NO2 produced from the standard nitration of phenol is in the same order of magnitude as that generated when you open a bottle of HNO3, or when you use aqua regia, then I won't say it is really very toxic. Afterall, the dose makes the poison. -- Rifleman 82 10:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
NO2 is not extremely toxic unless you breathe visible fumes, which is hard because your respiratory system blocks the passage right away. Its effect is not complex like the one of HCN or H2S. It is mainly corrosive. I've inhaled it several times (not pure of course) and I'm still alive. It is just a corrosive gas like chlorine, ozone, fumes of bromine and iodine. The toxic effect compared to pure corrosion of lungs is small. If you can smell it, you may well have just inhaled a lethal dose. -> that is absurd. Utter ignorance. That would mean that opening a bottle of fuming nitric acid would be suicidal. Endimion17 ( talk) 14:31, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Picric acid was early used in motorcycle engines, added to the fuel to increase power for racing. It generally destroyed the engine, sometimes violently. It's not been used during the last 80 years, though. Research into the history of this use could result in additional material for the article. I cannot do it now; the margin on my available time is too small. Snezzy ( talk) 09:49, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
TNT is not synthesized in the same manner as picric acid, doing so will only yield dinitrotoluene.
74.41.114.178 ( talk) 23:58, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Could someone add reaction mechanisms to synthesis section??
Clepenji1150 ( talk) 04:36, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
"Modern safety precautions recommend storing picric acid wet. Dry picric acid is relatively sensitive to shock and friction,..."
I assume this means that there's a danger of explosion. Let's make this explicit. I've revised this to: "Modern safety precautions recommend storing picric acid wet, to minimize the danger of explosion. Dry picric acid is relatively sensitive to shock and friction," Omc ( talk) 13:08, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
The image attached to the page could be misleading as the bottle reads: "C6H6(NO2)3OH". This formula is incorrect. Might it be possible to find a better image? 14:25, 06 October 2021 (GMT+1)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 06:38, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
"The most common route is through aspirin, since this is the most widely available of the three." Is this sentence correct? It makes me think that it was written by someone referring to homemade pycric acid, I do not have the exact figures, but seems hard to believe to me that aspirin is easier to get than phenol or bencene, which have hundreds of industrial applications, and are, by the way, precursors of aspirin. This sounds like a reference to home prepararion of pycric. -- Paiconos 16:00, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Should not the sentence "Picric acid was one of the agents in the Halifax explosion." be under History, as opposed to under Uses, where it currently is? -- Blutpanzer 15:15, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
I have found picric acid listed in the contents of a first aid kit from early 1900's - why would it be in a first aid kit - used for what?
While nitrogen dioxide may be "highly toxic" as in, T+ using the European convention of labelling hazards, I am very hesitant to use it in text because firstly, WP:NOT. Also, it sounds sensationalist instead of reserved and objective. Lastly, if the NO2 produced from the standard nitration of phenol is in the same order of magnitude as that generated when you open a bottle of HNO3, or when you use aqua regia, then I won't say it is really very toxic. Afterall, the dose makes the poison. -- Rifleman 82 10:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
NO2 is not extremely toxic unless you breathe visible fumes, which is hard because your respiratory system blocks the passage right away. Its effect is not complex like the one of HCN or H2S. It is mainly corrosive. I've inhaled it several times (not pure of course) and I'm still alive. It is just a corrosive gas like chlorine, ozone, fumes of bromine and iodine. The toxic effect compared to pure corrosion of lungs is small. If you can smell it, you may well have just inhaled a lethal dose. -> that is absurd. Utter ignorance. That would mean that opening a bottle of fuming nitric acid would be suicidal. Endimion17 ( talk) 14:31, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Picric acid was early used in motorcycle engines, added to the fuel to increase power for racing. It generally destroyed the engine, sometimes violently. It's not been used during the last 80 years, though. Research into the history of this use could result in additional material for the article. I cannot do it now; the margin on my available time is too small. Snezzy ( talk) 09:49, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
TNT is not synthesized in the same manner as picric acid, doing so will only yield dinitrotoluene.
74.41.114.178 ( talk) 23:58, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Could someone add reaction mechanisms to synthesis section??
Clepenji1150 ( talk) 04:36, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
"Modern safety precautions recommend storing picric acid wet. Dry picric acid is relatively sensitive to shock and friction,..."
I assume this means that there's a danger of explosion. Let's make this explicit. I've revised this to: "Modern safety precautions recommend storing picric acid wet, to minimize the danger of explosion. Dry picric acid is relatively sensitive to shock and friction," Omc ( talk) 13:08, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
The image attached to the page could be misleading as the bottle reads: "C6H6(NO2)3OH". This formula is incorrect. Might it be possible to find a better image? 14:25, 06 October 2021 (GMT+1)