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Improvised Explosives
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Gelatine Explosive from Anti-Freeze
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Written by: The Lich
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This explosive is almost the same as the nitro-gelatin plastique
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explosive
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exept that it is supple and pliable to -10 to -20 deg. C..
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Antifreeze is easier
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to obtain than glycerine and is usually cheaper. It needs to be
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freed of water
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before the manufacture and this can be done by treating it with
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calcium chlor-
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ide until a specific gravity of 1.12 @ o deg. C. or 1.11 @ 20
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deg. C. is
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obtained. This can be done by adding calcium chloride to the
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antifreeze and
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checking with a hydrometer and continue to add calcium chloride
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until the
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proper reading is obtained. The antifreeze is then filtered to
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remove the
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calcium chloride from the liquid. This explosive is superior to
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nitro-gelatin
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in that it is easier to collidon the IMR smokeless powder into
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the explosive
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and that the 50/50 ether ethyl alcohol can be done away with. It
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is superior
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in that the formation of the collidon is done very rapidly by the
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nitroethelene
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glycol. It's detonation properties are practically the same as
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the nitro-
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gelatine. Like the nitro-gelatine it is highly flammable and if
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caught on fire
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the chances are good that the flame will progress to detonation.
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In this
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explosive as in nitro-gelatine the addition of 1% sodium
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carbonate is a good
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idea to reduce the chance of recidual acid being present in the
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final explos-
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ive. The following is a slightly different formula than
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nitro-gelatine:
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Nitro-glycol 75%
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Guncotton (IMR) 6%
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Potassium Nitrate 14%
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Flour (baking) 5%
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In this process the 50/50 step is omitted. Mix the potassium
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nitrate with the
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nitro-glycol. Remember that this nitro-glycol is just as
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sensitive to shock as
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is nitroglycerin. The next step is to mix in the flour and sodium
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carbonate.
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Mix these by kneading with gloved hands until the mixture is
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uniform. This
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kneading should be done gently and slowly. The mixture should be
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uniform when
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the IMR smokeless powder is added. Again this is kneaded to
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uniformity. Use
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this explosive as soon as possible. If it must be stored, store
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in a cool, dry
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place (0-10 deg. C.). This explosive should detonate at 7600-7800
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m/sec.. These
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two explosives are very powerful and should be sensitive to a #6
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blasting cap
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or equivelent. These explosives are dangerous and should not be
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made unless the
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manufacturer has had experience with this type compound. The
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foolish and ignor-
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ant may as well forget these explosives as they won't live to get
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to use them.
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Don't get me wrong, these explosives have been manufactured for
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years with an
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amazing record of safety. Millions of tons of nitroglycerine have
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been made and
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used to manufacture dynamite and explosives of this nature with
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very few mis-
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haps. Nitroglycerin and nitroglycol will kill and their main
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victims are the
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stupid and foolhardy. Before manufacturing these explosives take
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a drop of
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nitroglycerin and soak into a small piece of filter paper and
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place it on an
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anvil. Hit this drop with a hammer and don't put any more on the
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anvil. See
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what I mean! This explosive compound is not to be taken lightly.
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If there are
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any doubts DON'T.
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Improvised Explosives
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Plastique Explosive from Aspirin
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Written by: The Lich
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This explosive is a phenol dirivative. It is toxic and explosive
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compounds
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made from picric acid are poisonous if inhaled, ingested, or
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handled and absor-
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bed through the skin. The toxicity of this explosive restrict's
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its use due to
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the fact that over exposure in most cases causes liver and kidney
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failure and
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sometimes death if immediate treatment is not obtained.
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This explosive is a cousin to T.N.T. but is more powerful than
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it's cousin. It
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is the first explosive used militarily and was adopted in 1888 as
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an artillery
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shell filler. Originally this explosive was derived from coal tar
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but thanx to
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modern chemistry you can make this explosive easily in
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approximately three
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hours from acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin purified).
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This procedure involves dissolving the acetylsalicylic acid in
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warm sulfuric
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acid and adding sodium or potassium nitrate which nitrates the
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purified aspirin
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and the whole mixture drowned in water and filtered to obtain the
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final pro-
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duct. This explosive is called trinitrophenol. Care should be
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taken to ensure
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that this explosive is stored in glass containers. Picric acid
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will form dang-
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erous salts when allowed to contact all metals exept tin and
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aluminum. These
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salts are primary explosive and are super sensitive. They also
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will cause the
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detonation of the picric acid.
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To make picric acid obtain some aspirin. The cheaper brands work
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best but
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buffered brands should be avoided. Powder these tablets to a fine
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consistancy.
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To extract the acetylsalicylic acid from this powder place this
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powder in
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methyl alcohol and stir vigorously. Not all of the powder will
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dissolve. Filter
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this powder out of the alcohol. Again wash this powder that was
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filtered out of
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the alcohol with more alcohol but with a lesser amount than the
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first extrac-
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tion. Again filter the remaining powder out of the alcohol.
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Combine the now
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clear alcohol and allow it to evaporate in a pyrex dish. When the
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alcohol has
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evaporated there will be a surprising amount of crystals in the
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bottom of the
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pyrex dish.
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Take fourty grams of these purified acetylsalicylic acid
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crystals and dissolve
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them in 150 ml. of sulfuric acid (98%, specify gravity 1.8) and
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heat to diss-
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olve all the crystals. This heating can be done in a common
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electric frying
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pan with the thermostat set on 150 deg. F. and filled with a good
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cooking oil.
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When all the crystals have dissolved in the sulfuric acid take
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the beaker, that
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you've done all this dissolving in (600 ml.), out of the oil
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bath. This next
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step will need to be done with a very good ventilation system (it
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is a good
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idea to do any chemistry work such as the whole procedure and any
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procedure on
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this disk with good ventilation or outside). Slowly start adding
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58 g. of
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sodium nitrate or 77 g. of potassium nitrate to te acid mixture
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in the beaker
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very slowly in small portions with vigorous stirring. A red gas
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(nitrogen tri-
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oxide) will be formed and this should be avoided. The mixture is
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likely to
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foam up and the addition should be stopped until the foaming goes
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down to
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prevent the overflow of the acid mixture in the beaker. When the
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sodium or
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potassium nitrate has been added the mixture is allowed to cool
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somewhat (30-
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40 deg. C.). The solution should then be dumped slowly into twice
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it's volume
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of crushed ice and water. The brilliant yellow crystals will form
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in the water.
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These should be filtered out and placed in 200 ml. of boiling
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distilled water.
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This water is allowed to cool and then the crystals are then
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filtered out of
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the water. These crystals are a very, very pure trinitrophenol.
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These crystals
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are then placed in a pyrex dish and places in an oil bath and
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heated to 80 deg.
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C. and held there for 2 hours. This temperature is best
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maintained and checked
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with a thermometer. The crystals are then powdered in small
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quantities to a
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face powder consistency. These powdered crystals are then mixed
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with 10% by
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weight wax and 5% vaseline which are heated to melting
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temperature and poured
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into the crystals. The mixing is best done by kneading together
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with gloved
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hands. This explosive should have a useful plsticity range of
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0-40 deg. C.. The
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detonation velocity should be around 7000 m/sec.. It is toxic to
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handle but
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simply made from common ingredients and is suitable for most
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demolition work
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requiring a moderately high detonation velocity. It is very
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suitable for
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shaped charges and some steel cutting charges. It is not as good
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an explosive
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as C-4 or other R.D.X. based explosives but it is much easier to
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make. Again
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this explosive is very toxic and should be treated with great
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care. AVOID
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HANDLING BARE-HANDED, BREATHING DUST AND FUMES, AVOID ANY CHANCE
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OF INGESTION.
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AFTER UTENSILS ARE USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS EXPLOSIVE
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RETIRE THEM FROM
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THE KITCHEN AS THE CHANCE OF POISONING IS NOT WORTH THE RISK.
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THIS EXPLOSIVE,
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IF MANUFACTURED AS ABOVE, AHOULD BE SAFE IN STORAGE BUT WITH ANY
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HOMEMADE
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EXPLOSIVE STORAGE OS NOT RECOMENDED AND EXPLOSIVES SHOULD BE MADE
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UP AS NEEDED.
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A V O I D C O N T A C T W I T H A L L M E T A L S E X E
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P T T I N
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Improvised Explosives
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Plastique Explosive from Bleach
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Written by: The Lich
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This explosive is a potassium chlorate explosive. This explosive
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and explo-
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sives of similar composition were used in World War II as the
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main explosive
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filler in gernades, land mines, and mortar used by French,
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German, and other
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forces involoved in that conflict. These explosives are
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relatively safe to
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manufacture. One should strive to make sure these explosives are
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free of
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sulfur, sulfides, and picric acid. The presence of these
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compounds result in
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mixtures that are or can become highly sensitive and possibly
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decompose ex-
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plosively while in storage. The manufacture of this explosive
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from bleach is
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given as just an expediant method. This method of manufacturing
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potassium
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chlorate is not economical due to the amount of energy used to
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boil the sol-
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ution and cause the 'dissociation' reaction to take place. This
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procedure does
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work and yields a relatively pure and a sulfur/sulfide free
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product. These
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explosives are very cap sensitive and require only a #3 cap for
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instigating
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detonation. To manufacture potassium chlorate from bleach (5.25%
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sodium
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hypochlorite solution) obtain a heat source (hot plate stove
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etc.) a battery
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hydrometer, a large pyrex or enameled steel container (to weigh
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chemicals),
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and some potassium chloride (sold as salt substitute). Take one
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gallon of
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bleach, place it in the container and begin heating it. While
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this solution
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heats, weigh out 63 g. potassium chloride and add this to the
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bleach being
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heated. Bring this solution to a boil and boiled until when
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checked by a
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hydrometer the reading is 1.3 (if a battery hydrometer is used it
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should read
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full charge).
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When the reading is 1.3 take the solution and let it cool in the
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refrigerator
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until it's between room temperature and 0 deg. C.. Filter out the
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crystals that
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have formed and save them. Boil the solution again until it reads
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1.3 on the
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hydrometer and again cool the solution. Filter out the crystals
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that have
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formed and save them. Boil this solution again and cool as
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before. Filter and
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save the crystals. Take these crystals that have been saved and
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mix them with
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distilled water in the following proportions: 56 g. per 100 ml.
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distilled
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water. Heat this solution until it boils and allow it to cool.
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Filter the
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solution and save the crystals that form upon cooling. The
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process if purifi-
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cation is called fractional crystalization. These crystals should
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be relatively
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pure potassium chlorate.
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Powder these to the consistency of face powder (400 mesh) and
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heat gently to
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drive off all moisture. Melt five parts vasoline and five parts
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wax. Dissolve
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this in white gasoline (camp stove gasoline) and pour this liquid
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on 90 parts
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potassium chlorate (the crystals from the above operation) in a
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plastic bowl.
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Knead this liquid into the potassium chlorate until immediately
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mixed. Allow
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all the gasoline to evaporate. Place this explosive in a cool,
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dry place. Avoid
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friction, sulfur, sulfide, and phosphorous compounds. This
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explosive is best
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molded to the desired shape and density (1.3g./cc.) and dipped in
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wax to water
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proof. These block type charges guarantee the highest detonation
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velocity. This
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explosive is really not suited to use in shaped charge
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applications due to its
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relatively low detonation velocity. It is comparable to 40%
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ammonia dynamite
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and can be considered the same for the sake of charge
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computation. If the
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potassium chlorate is bought and not made it is put into the
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manufacture pro-
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cess in the powdering stages preceding the addition of the
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wax/vaseline mix-
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ture. This explosive is bristant and powerful. The addition of
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2-3% aluminum
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powder increases its blast effect. Detonation velocity is 3300
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m/sec..
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Improvised Explosives
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Plastique Explosives From
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Swimming Pool Clorinating Compound
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Written by: The Lich
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This explosive is a chlorate explosive from bleach. This method
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of production
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of potassium or sodium chlorate is easier and yields a more pure
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product than
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does the plastique explosive from bleach process. In this
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reaction the H.T.H.
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(calcium hypochlorite CaC10) is mixed with water and heated with
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either sodium
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chloride (table salt, rock salt) or potassium chloride (salt
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substitute). The
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latter of these salts is the salt of choice due to the easy
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crystalization of
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the potassium chlorate. This mixture will need to be boiled to
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ensure complete
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reaction of the ingredients. Obtain some H.T.H. swimming pool
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chlorination
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compound or equivilant (usually 65% calcium hypochlorite). As
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with the bleach
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process mentioned earlier the reaction described below is also a
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dissociation
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reaction. In a large pyrex glass or enamled steel container place
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1200g. H.T.H.
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and 220g. potassium chloride or 159g. sodium chloride. Add enough
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boiling water
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to dissolve the powder and boil this solution. A chalky substance
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(calcium
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chloride) will be formed. When the formation of this chalky
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substance is no
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longer formed the solution is filtered while boiling hot. If
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potassium chloride
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was used potassium chlorate will be formed. This potassium
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chlorate will drop
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out or crystalize as the clear liquid left after filtering cools.
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These
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crystals are filtered out when the solution reaches room
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temperature. If the
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sodium chloride salt was used this clear filtrate (clear liquid
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after filter-
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ation) will need to have all water evaporated. This will leave
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crystals which
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should be saved.
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These crystals should be heated in a slightly warm oven in a
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pyrex dish to
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drive off all traces of water (40-75 deg. C.). These crystals are
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ground to a
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very fine powder (400 mesh).
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If the sodium chloride salt is used in the initial step the
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crystalization is
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much more time consuming. The potassium chloride is the salt to
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use as the
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resulting product will crystalize out of the solution as it
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cools. The powdered
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and completely dry chlorate crystals are kneaded together with
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vaseline in a
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plastic bowl. ALL CHLORATE BASED EXPLOSIVES ARE SENSITIVE TO
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FRICTION AND SHOCK
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AND THESE SHOULD BE AVOIDED. If sodium chloride is used in this
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explosive it
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will have a tendancy to cake and has a slightly lower detonation
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velocity. This
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explosive is composed of the following:
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potassium/sodium chlorate 90%
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vaseline 10%
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The detonation velocity can be raised to a slight extent by the
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addition of
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2-3% aluminum sunstituted for 2-3% of the vaseline. This addition
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of this
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aluminum will give the explosive a bright flash if set off at
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night which will
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ruin night vision for a short while. The detonation velocity of
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this explosive
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is approximately 3200 m/sec. for the potassium salt and 2900
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m/sec. for the
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sodium salt based explosive.
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