Re: Slightly OT: Why liquid explosives?

"Dawg" <deanmalkowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yeah, there are some common household chems that go boom when
combined...vinegar and drain cleaner [gotta read the label-bases are no
good!]

Eh? Of the hardcore drain cleaners, you have either KOH (usually 10%
solution), NaOH (usually prills, sometimes with aluminum and other
additives), or 92%-ish H2SO4. The latter will just get hot with vinegar
(weak ~5% acetic acid), due to heat of dilution in the 95% pure water
content. KOH and NaOH will neutralize the little acetic acid present,
producing a little heat easily absorbed by the excess of water.

Magnesium powder and NaOH or KOH can make a good fire though, if ignited
before it abosrbs moisture from the air!

zit cream and battery acid..

Benzoyl peroxide??? That stuff is very stable, it only burns with a sooty
flame. You can't really make it explode. Other, smaller organic peroxides
are less stable, however.

..antifreeze and battery acid..

Ethylene glycol??? The worst that'll do is make glymes when you distill it
(condensation reaction, resulting in polymerized ether links between
ethylene groups). If the battery acid were 98% concentrate, that is. All
you'll get with dilute acid is water, EG and a remainder of 90%-ish H2SO4.

..hydrogen peroxide and battery acid..

....Karo's acid? Hazardous for sure, but not explosive in the least.

..hydrogen peroxide, most any acid

Just a dash of a mineral acid, to catalyze.

and acetone [not very fast to produce-you might tie up the
airplane head too long mixing this one]...

Nah, to produce it relatively safely you need ice, but if you're happy with
the dimerized product, you could do it at room temperature, or somewhat
above due to reaction heat. Doesn't matter if you want to die anyway.

Read where it says "explodes on contact with", [Usually H2SO4 or HNO3.]
They are 2 part formulas.

Well, I can take some KClO3 and sugar and make it "explode on contact with"
H2SO4, but that's not very exciting.

Really...PLEASE get your chemistry right.

Tim

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Deep Fryer: a very philosophical monk.
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