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The South Pole..........[312] 677-7140
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$ Kitchen Improvised Platic Explosives. $
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$ PART II $
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in by
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Agrajag The Prolonged
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This is the second in a series of articles dealing with the production of
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plastic explosives. This article will cover step by step (SXS?) instructions
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on how to make RDX, which is the main ingrediant in the rest of the plastic
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explosives I will cover. The information in this and all of the other articles
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dealing with the production of plastic explosives was orignally written by
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written by Tim Lewis in a book called,"Kitchen Improvised Plastic Explosives".
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I will give the address to send for this and many other books and the end of
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this article.
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THE PRODUCTION OF RDX IS VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
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DOING. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY OF THIS IF YOU WISH TO LIVE TILL YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY!
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Since the first part of WWII the armed forces of the United States has been
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searching for the perfect plastique explosives to be used in demolition work.
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This search lead to the development of the 'C' composition plastique
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explosives. Of this group C-4 being the lastest formulation that has been
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readily adopted by the armed forces. This formulation was preceded by C-3,
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C-2, and C. In this series of articles, I will cover all these explosives in
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their chronological progression as they were developed and standardized by the
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armed forces. All these explosives are cyclonite or R.D.X. base with various
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plastisizing agents used to achieve the desired product. This plastisizer,
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usually composes 7%-20% of the total weight of the plastique.
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Cyclotrimethylenetrinittrime or cyclonite is manufactured in bulk by the
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nitration of hexamethylenetetramine, (methenamine, hexamine, etc., etc.) with
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strong red 100% nitric acid. The hardest part of this reaction is obtaining
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this red nitric acid. It will most likely have to be made. More on this
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later. Hexamine or methenamine can usually be bought in bulk quantities or
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hexamine fuel bars for camp stoves can be used but they end up being very
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explensive. To use the fuel bars the need to be powered before hand. The
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hexamine can also be made with common ammonia water (30%) and the commonly
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avaliable 36% formaldehyde solution. To make this componant place 185 grams of
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clear ammonia water in a shallow pyrex dish. To this add 500 ml. of the
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formaldehyde solution to the ammonia water. Allow this to evaporate and when
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the crystals are all that remains in the pan place the pan in the oven on the
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lowest heat that the oven has. This should be done only for a moment or so to
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drive off any remaining water. These crystals are scraped up and placed in a
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airtight jar to store them until they are used. To make the red nitric acid
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you will need to buy a retort with a ground glass stopper. In the retort place
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32 grams sulfuric acid, (98%-100%), and to this add 68 grams of potassium
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nitrate or 58 grams of sodium nitrate. Gently heating this retort will
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generate a red gas called nitrogen trioxide. THIS GAS IS HIGHLY POISONOUS AND
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THIS STEP, AS WITH ALL OTHER STEPS, SHOULD BE DONE WITH GOOD VENTILATION. This
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nitric acid that is formed will collect in the neck of the retort and form
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droplets that will run down the inside of the neck of the retort and should be
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caught in a beaker cooled by being surrounded by ice water.
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This should be heated till no more collects in the neck of the retort and
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the nitric acid quits dripping out of the neck into the beaker. This acid
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should be stored until enough acid is generated to produce the required size
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batch which is determined by the person producing the ecplosive. Ofcourse the
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batch can be larger or smaller but the same rations should be maintained. To
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make R.D.X. place 550 grams of the nitric acid produced by the above procedure
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in a 1000 ml. beaker in a salted bath. 50 grams of hexamine, (methenamine) is
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added in small portions making sure that the temperature of the acid DOES NOT
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GO ABOVE 30 DEGREES CELCIUS. This temperature can be monitored by placing a
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thermometer directly in the acid mixture. During this procedure a vigerous
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stirring should be maintained. If the temperature approches 30 degrees,
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IMMEDIATLY STOP THE ADDITION OF THE HEXAMINE until the temperature drops to an
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acceptable level. After the addition is complete continue the stirring and
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allow the temperature to drop to 0 degrees celcius and allow it to stay there
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for 20 minutes coninuing the vigerous stirring. After the 20 minutes are up,
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pour this acid-hexamine mixture into 1000 ml. of finely crushed ice and water.
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Crystals should form and are filtered out of the liquid. The crystals that are
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filtered out are R.D.X. and will need to have all traces of the acid removed.
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To remove this trace of acid, first wash these crystals by putting them in ice
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water and shaking and refiltering. These crystals are then placed in a little
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boiling water and filtered. Place them in some warm water and check the
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acidity for the resultant suspension with litmus paper. You want it to read
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between 6 and 7 on the Ph scale. If there is still acid in these crystals
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reboil them in fresh water until the acid is removed and the litmus paper shows
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them between 6 and 7, (the closer to 7 the better). To be safe these crystals
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should be stored water wet until ready for use. THESE CRYSTALS ARE A VERY HIGH
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EXPLOSIVE AND SHOULD BE TREATED WITH THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE! This explosive
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is much more powerful than T.N.T. To use, these will need to be dryed for some
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manufaturing processes in the next few articles. To dry these crystals, place
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them in a pan and spread them out and allow the water to evaporate off them
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until the are completely dry. This explosive will detonate in this dry form
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when pressed into a mold to a density of 1.55 grams cubed, at a velocity of
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8550 M/second!
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COMPARISON OF DETONATION VELOCITIES
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8600 ! !
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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T.N.T R.D.X. "C" "C-2" "C-3" "C-4"
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Live long and prosper,
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Agrajag
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P.S. The information from above was obtained from a book, "Kitchen Improvised
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Plastic Explosives", by Tim Lewis and the Information Publishing Company.
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