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poison Frequent Poster	posted October 08, 1999 08:01 PM Does any one know what thos little kiddy snap and pop fireworks are made out of? Thos ones wraped in paper and have thos little white crystals in it. -Poison
dlwdaw Frequent Poster	posted October 08, 1999 08:49 PM I'am quessing it is something like silver fulminate. that is the only thing that I know of that is sensitive enough to pop when you grind them between your fingers, well besides nitr-tri-iodide. but that is too unstable. and AP and hmtd go bad to fast. ------------------ -dlwdaw "... always look on the positive side of things, blow things up not down" -- Ragnar Benson
nbk2000 Moderator	posted October 08, 1999 10:44 PM It's silver fulminate. And that's about the most sensitive primary explosive there is. WAY too dangerous to try extracting to make detonators or anything else with. What I've used them for was as an early warnig device. Spray paint them black, being careful not to get them wet with paint. Then you sprinkle them around doorways, on steps, underneath windowss, and in narrow walkways. Anywhere someone would have to walk through to get to you. In the dark and in shadows these are invisible. Someone steps on them, POP! This startles them and gives away their presence. And now they're either going to hesitate about where they step since they can't be sure where these are, thus slowing them down. Or, they may decide they lost the element of surprise and start rushing about making noise in the process.
poison Frequent Poster	posted October 08, 1999 11:08 PM How do I make silver fulminate? PS: thanks for the answers -Poison
dlwdaw Frequent Poster	posted October 09, 1999 08:31 AM same way you make mercury fulminate, just replace silvcer filins ------------------ -dlwdaw "... always look on the positive side of things, blow things up not down" -- Ragnar Benson
VeHeMT Frequent Poster	posted October 09, 1999 11:46 AM At an Army Cadet Camp during a night time game of capture the glow stick some people put them between two pieces of wood and attached string to the piece of wood on the far side and then attached the other string to a tree on the other side. The side left unattached was held in place with a stick in the groun and tape. When someone tripped a small emission of light and a pop was made, while ppl would hide in the surrounding bushes. Also its not pure Silver Fulminate, there is quite a bit of fine gravel there too.
megalomania Administrator	posted October 11, 1999 04:35 AM Hmm, I shoulda had the instructions to prepare silver, gold, and platinum fulminates on my website, but I decided it was metal blasphemy to use gold, silver, and platinum for an explosive. Now I realize thats a decision for other people to make, and I wrongfully witheld the knowledge. Let the shame on me be magnified a billion fold on those who withold knowledge or arrogant reasons like "its dangerous" or "someone might misuse it." Wah wah wah. ------------------ Visit Megalomania's Explosives and Stuff at http://surf.to/megalomania

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