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darcey Frequent Poster |
posted November 07, 1999 07:13 PM
can anyone tell me that the chemical is that ignite when it comes in contact with Sulphuric acid?? on the week end some frinds of mine came around and brought these bottles full of petrol with brown paper wraped around them. I thought "what the fuck, how do you light them??" they said, just throw it. So i did. When it hit the ground the bottle smashed and there was a bright flash followed by the petrol bursting into flames. They said that they got the idea from the terriost handbook. i haven't got this anymore seeing though i nearly lost a leg making a claymore mine from it. They couldn't rember what the chemical was called, Potassium something clorate???? i'm not sure. But they are fucking cool fun and you don't have to light them ( a person i knew (a dickhead) get really bad burns when he lit a petrol bomb, only because he didn't make it in the correct way and used a mix of shellite and Av gas or plane fuel. very dangerous!!!) |
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VeHeMT Frequent Poster |
posted November 07, 1999 07:38 PM
Potassium chlorate indeed. Although any Chlorate will do but potassium is favored since it is more available. What they did would have been soaked the paper in a solution of water and potassium chlorate and let it dry. Then they wrapped it up with the paper and the acid would have been inside the bottle. |
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nbk2000 Moderator |
posted November 07, 1999 09:39 PM
I've also seen it where you take a champange type bottle that has an indented bottom and put the chlorate/sugar mix (must have sugar added to work) in the dent, and cover it with a cardboard disk to keep it in. A cup of concentrated sulphuric acid in a quart bottle is more than adequate. This has the advantage that the bottle isn't covered in highly sensitive and flammable paper. Use 3 parts chlorate to 1 part sugar (volume) for your igniter mix. It won't work without the sugar. ------------------ |
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rolf nixon Frequent Poster |
posted November 24, 1999 01:28 PM
I promise you it will work without the sugar and you will get a much more powerfull reaction. Some time ago I made a bomb with same pricipe as yours just without the sugar and I almost blew my self up because some of the sulferic acid hited the chlorate by an accedent. Rolf |
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TERROR A New Voice |
posted November 25, 1999 05:29 AM
it is surely a mixture of sugar and potasium chlorate which causes fire on contect with H2SO4. |
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nbk2000 Moderator |
posted November 25, 1999 05:58 AM
As any pyro should know, you need heat, fuel, and oxygen for a fire to burn. The chlorate/acid reaction provides heat, the sugar provides fuel, and the chlorate and air provide oxygen. You may be successful without the sugar, but your sure to succedd with it. ------------------ |
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