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lesser amount than the first extraction. Again filter the remaining powder out of the alcohol. Combine the now clear alcohol and allow it to
evaporate in a pyrex dish. When the alcohol has evaporated there will be a surprising amount of crystals in the bottom of the pyrex dish.
Take forty grams of these purified acetylsalicylic acid crystals and dissolve them in 150 mL of sulfuric acid (98%, specify gravity 1.8) and heat
to dissolve all the crystals. This heating can be done in a common electric frying pan with the thermostat set on 150øF and filled with a good
cooking oil.
When all the crystals have dissolved in the sulfuric acid take the beaker, that you've done all this dissolving in (600 mL), out of the oil bath. This
next step will need to be done with a very good ventilation system (it is a good idea to do any chemistry work such as the whole procedure
and any procedure on this disk with good ventilation or outside). Slowly start adding 58 g of sodium nitrate or 77 g of potassium nitrate to the
acid mixture in the beaker very slowly in small portions with vigorous stirring. A red gas (nitrogen trioxide) will be formed and this should be
avoided.
The mixture is likely to foam up and the addition should be stopped until the foaming goes down to prevent the overflow of the acid mixture in
the beaker. When the sodium or potassium nitrate has been added the mixture is allowed to cool somewhat (30-40øC). The solution should then
be dumped slowly into twice it's volume of crushed ice and water. The brilliant yellow crystals will form in the water. These should be filtered
out and placed in 200 mL of boiling distilled water. This water is allowed to cool and then the crystals are then filtered out of the water. These
crystals are a very, very pure trinitrophenol. These crystals are then placed in a pyrex dish and places in an oil bath and heated to 80øC and
held there for 2 hours. This temperature is best maintained and checked with a thermometer.
The crystals are then powdered in small quantities to a face powder consistency. These powdered crystals are then mixed with 10% by
weight wax and 5% vaseline which are heated to melting temperature and poured into the crystals. The mixing is best done by kneading
together with gloved hands. This explosive should have a useful plasticity range of 0-40øC. The detonation velocity should be around 7000
m/sec.. It is toxic to handle but simply made from common ingredients and is suitable for most demolition work requiring a moderately high
detonation velocity. It is very suitable for shaped charges and some steel cutting charges. It is not as good an explosive as C-4 or other RDX
based explosives but it is much easier to make. Again this explosive is very toxic and should be treated with great care.
AVOID HANDLING BARE-HANDED, BREATHING DUST AND FUMES, AVOID ANY CHANCE OF INGESTION. AFTER UTENSILS ARE USED FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS EXPLOSIVE RETIRE THEM FROM THE KITCHEN AS THE CHANCE OF POISONING IS NOT WORTH THE RISK. THIS
EXPLOSIVE, IF MANUFACTURED AS ABOVE, SHOULD BE SAFE IN STORAGE BUT WITH ANY HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVE STORAGE OS NOT
RECOMMENDED AND EXPLOSIVES SHOULD BE MADE UP AS NEEDED.
Improvised Explosives Plastique Explosive from Bleach
This explosive is a potassium chlorate explosive. This explosive and explosives of similar composition were used in World War II as the main
explosive filler in grenades, land mines, and mortar used by French, German, and other forces involved in that conflict. These explosives are
relatively safe to manufacture.
One should strive to make sure these explosives are free of sulfur, sulfides, and picric acid. The presence of these compounds result in
mixtures that are or can become highly sensitive and possibly decompose explosively while in storage. The manufacture of this explosive from
bleach is given as just an expedient method. This method of manufacturing potassium chlorate is not economical due to the amount of energy
used to boil the solution and cause the 'dissociation' reaction to take place. This procedure does work and yields a relatively pure and a
sulfur/sulfide free product. These explosives are very cap sensitive and require only a #3 cap for instigating detonation.
To manufacture potassium chlorate from bleach (5¬% sodium hypochlorite solution) obtain a heat source (hot plate etc.) a battery hydrometer,
a large pyrex or enameled steel container (to weigh chemicals), and some potassium chloride (sold as salt substitute). Take one gallon of
bleach, place it in the container and begin heating it. While this solution heats, weigh out 63 g potassium chloride and add this to the bleach
being heated. Bring this solution to a boil and boiled until when checked by a hydrometer the reading is 1.3 (if a battery hydrometer is used it
should read full charge).
When the reading is 1.3 take the solution and let it cool in the refrigerator until it's between room temperature and 0øC. Filter out the crystals that
have formed and save them. Boil the solution again until it reads 1.3 on the hydrometer and again cool the solution. Filter out the crystals that
have formed and save them. Boil this solution again and cool as before.
Filter and save the crystals. Take these crystals that have been saved and mix them with distilled water in the following proportions: 56g per
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