Talk:Silver azide

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[edit] Explosive azides, acetylides etc

I think that pages that refer to these materials should contain a heavy safety warning. They can be made from chemicals that are available to the general public. They are extremely unpredictable and can explode with tragic results.

Socksysquirrel 21:38, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

The same thought once occured to me but I learned otherwise. Per the manual of style: "Wikipedia articles should not include instructions or advice (legal, medical, or otherwise), suggestions" The most useful thing that someone chemically fluent can do is contribute content - synthesis, structure, bonding, properties - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chemistry. Heck, just fill in ChemBoxes.

Safety info is widely available by surfing and lots of chemically illiterate do-gooders insert such material often. You dont need to do anything. What WE Chem needs is chemistry. That is our mission.--Smokefoot 22:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, point taken. But I have removed the method of preparation of silver azide. Anyone who wants to synthesise it can look it up in the literature.

Socksysquirrel 23:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)