Official Chemistry Thread (Cogwerks)

[BlackPhoenix]

I have a decent suggestion. Ammonium nitrogen tri-iodide crystals - it's an explosive compound which uh, due to it's incredible instability, can't be used in mass because it'll detonate under its own weight. It's also unstable enough that being knocked even slightly will cause them to explode, so it'd be interesting to use them like this: put them on the floor when they're wet (they dry out over time), and in 10-30 seconds, the dry out, making them explosive. First time anything passes over the tile (mob or object), they detonate, damaging whatever entered the tile, and whatever is on it. The tile itself would also be uh, reduced to a 'damaged' state. If there is too much of the shit in a beaker, then they explode in the beaker under their own weight, shattering the beaker and damaging whoever is holding it.

Pretty straight forward to produce - if an iodine equivalent is added to ss13, then just produce iodine crystals, soak in ammonia, and bam you've got the wet shit. Dangerous enough to make it an undesirable chemical to carry around or produce for your average chemist, but not so dangerous as to make it overpowered or anywhere near as annoying as space lube.

Naturally, you'd want to store 'em alongside water if you wanted them to uh, remain inert. As a result, water+crystal spray would uh, be pretty effective in a spray bottle, since it seems to be pretty difficult to spray enough water to wet the floor.

Your idea uh, seems pretty uh, decent but kinda uh, like some other explosive uh, that got removed called Sorium. UH.