TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - A New Kind of Molotov? Gasoline-Pool Chlorinator Mixtures
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Hutches, Katherine
A1  - Lord, James
SP  - 1064
EP  - 1069
VL  - 57
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper investigates the reaction between pool chlorinators and gasoline. In particular, the propensity for self-ignition and the resulting chemical products were studied. An organic pool chlorinator was combined with gasoline in varying proportions in an attempt to form a hypergolic mixture. None of the combinations resulted in self-ignition, but larger quantities of chlorinator produced vigorous light-colored smoke and a solid mass containing isocyanuric acid and copper chloride. Additionally, the chlorinating abilities of different commercially available pool chlorinators were explored. When Ca(ClO)(2) and sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione-based chlorinators were used, the presence of gasoline was still visible after 10 days, despite limited chlorination. The trichloro-s-triazinetrione-based chlorinator, however, caused efficient chlorination of the C(2) - and C(3) -alkylbenzenes, making gasoline no longer identifiable.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02078.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -