From: Ernest Lippert <ernielippert**At_Symbol_Here**TOAST.NET>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Nitrogen tri-Iodide
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 11:32:56 -0500
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Chemical Safety headline:
'THE SUBSTANCE EMITTED A PURPLE HAZE EACH TIME IT ACTIVATED AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A .22'
Tags: us_OR, public, release, response, bomb, sodium_bicarbonate
Most probably Nitrogen tri-Iodide. Why would sodium bicarbonate neutralize it? I don't see the chemistry behind it.
Ernie Lippert
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