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Subject: Acetone Peroxide - sulfuric acid primary explosive
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Date: 29 Aug 93 06:44:40 GMT
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Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for your actions!
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(Taking responsibility for my own is enough trouble.)
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Acetone Peroxide
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from the BlackBook vol. 3 sec. I no. 26
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The BlackBook is a book which our government was nice enough to
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print for our Special Forces in Vietnam. It describes in detail how
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to wreak havoc with ordinary materials.
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You need: acetone (hardware, paint store)
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hydrogen peroxide (hair bleach type - 15 volume or
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higher - hair/cosmetics store)
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sulfuric acid (concentrated; if you use battery acid,
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boil until white fumes appear to remove
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all of the water)
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You also need a thermometer, ice, salt, and containers.
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Procedure:
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Mix 30 milliliters of acetone and 50 millileters of hydrogen
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peroxide into a glass container and mix thoroughly.
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The container must now be put into ice/salt water and cooled to
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below 5 degrees Celsius. The easiest way to do this: take a coffee
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can, put in water and salt to about half full, put container
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(empty) into can, put plastic lid on can to keep container from
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floating, put can in freezer, when water is frozen, take out,
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remove lid, proceed. This will provide excellent cooling and also
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keep container from floating.
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Now, put a thermometer in the mixture. When it is below 5 degrees
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Celsius, start putting in the sulfuric acid, one drop at a time.
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Keep stirring and watching the thermometer. Adding the acid
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produces heat; if it gets up to 10 degrees, stop adding acid and
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wait for it to cool. You need to add a total of 2.5 milliliters of
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sulfuric acid, one drop at a time.
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What happens if the temp gets significantly higher than 10 degrees?
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I don't know, because I never let it happen. The BlackBook usually
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warns you if you are in danger, and there is no warning here, but
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still, don't try it! Keep the temperature down. Also watch the
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acid, as it tends to splatter.
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Keep stirring for a couple minutes after adding all the acid. Put
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the container in the fridge (not freezer) and let it sit overnight.
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When you get it out the next morning, there will be a white
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precipitate on the bottom.
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Pour the solution through a coffee filter, paper towel, or other
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filtering paper. This will collect the precipitate. Pour a couple
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of spoonfuls of ice-cold water through the towel to remove acid.
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Now set the paper out to dry. The resulting powder/crystals are a
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very powerful primary explosive. According to the book, "Keep away
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from shock, friction, and flame."
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This material can be loaded into a 2.5 inch length of brass or
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copper tubing and pressed down to make blasting caps. The pressing
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may be hazardous - the book details the manufacture of a loading
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press which includes a shield to protect the user. The book says
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this type of blasting cap will detonate most homemade explosives
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without a booster explosive: "Acetone peroxide is a very powerful
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initiator and can be used by itself as the main filler when making
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homemade detonators."
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My own experience with this material is as follows: When I ignited
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a _small_ pile of the loose powder, it produced an instantaneous
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red fireball and a slight whump. If the powder is packed into a
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length of drinking straw, however, it explodes with a very sharp
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crack. I made a strong paper casing out of several sheets of paper
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folded and rolled tightly. About a two-inch piece of a straw,
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packed with powder, blew it to confetti-sized pieces with a loud
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bang. I caved in a piece of sheet metal with the rest of the straw.
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I'm not sure how toxic this is, so I would be careful with it. Is
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it particularly sensitive/poisonous/carcinogenic or otherwise
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likely to kill you? I've hit small pellets with a hammer and they
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go bang, but I've never had an accident with it. The crack is very
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sharp and loud; protect your ears.
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Note that the formula seems to leave acetone left over. I've added
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extra hydrogen peroxide, put it back in the fridge, and got quite
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a bit more powder the next day. If you make a larger batch, do not
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put it all on the same filter paper! It will cake up like chalk,
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and I'll be damned if I'm going to break up an explosive. If you
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are careful, you can make as much as you want.
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