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darcey Frequent Poster |
posted November 14, 1999 03:43 AM
If i take a metal powder such as magnesium and add it to a ANFO or ANNM bomb will it make it more powerful and cap sensitive? I recently obtained an amount of metal powder which i'm not really sure what i'm going o do with. I read something ages ago about adding metals to high explosives to make then more powerful but didn't know if it was true. If it does make it more powerful how much would have to add to a 300 gram ANFO charge?? or is it purely up to me?? also what happens when you mix dry Kno3 with magnesium powder? I was reading a document on making rocket igniters and it said never to mix the two when both dry. Why is this? is this a sensitive explosive? or is it just bullshit? |
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Kalium unregistered |
posted November 14, 1999 06:43 AM
I use an mix of sodium chlorat and Magnesium 1 to 3 by volume.It make an nice explosion. |
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Feticidal Fantasy Frequent Poster |
posted November 15, 1999 01:42 AM
I am not sure about mg, but I belive that adding powdered aluminum to AN and AN compounds does give it added power. ------------------ |
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darcey Frequent Poster |
posted November 15, 1999 05:02 AM
crap!! i have about 1kg of Al powder but i got sick of it being round doing nothing so i threw it on the fire!! Although it was pretty specky. All i have is magnesium powder, would this work? |
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Blaze Frequent Poster |
posted November 15, 1999 05:42 AM
yeh, magnesium will work in place of Al, not that ive done it.. but there pretty interchangable.. should go off with a hot white flash, but although it might be cap sensitive dont expect to achieve complete detonation with a small homemade cap.. use a decent 10-20 grams of primary ... think matchbox size... |
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