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- Making Plastic Explosives from Bleach by The Jolly Roger
-
- Potassium chlorate is an extremely volatile explosive compound,
- and has been used in the past as the main explosive filler in
- grenades, land mines, and mortar rounds by such countries as
- France and Germany. Common household bleach contains a small
- amount of potassium chlorate, which can be extracted by the
- procedure that follows.
-
- First off, you must obtain:
-
- [1] A heat source (hot plate, stove, etc.)
- [2] A hydrometer, or battery hydrometer
- [3] A large Pyrex, or enameled steel container (to weigh
- chemicals)
- [4] Potassium chloride (sold as a salt substitute at health and
- nutrition stores)
-
- Take one gallon of bleach, place it in the container, and begin
- heating it. While this solution heats, weigh out 63 grams of
- potassium chloride and add this to the bleach being heated.
- Constantly check the solution being heated with the hydrometer,
- and boil until you get a reading of 1.3. If using a battery
- hydrometer, boil until you read a FULL charge.
-
- Take the solution and allow it to cool in a refrigerator until it
- is between room temperature and 0 degrees Celcius. Filter out the
- crystals that have formed and save them. Boil this solution again
- and cool as before. Filter and save the crystals.
-
- Take the crystals that have been saved, and mix them with
- distilled water in the following proportions: 56 grams per 100
- milliliters distilled water. Heat this solution until it boils
- and allow to cool. Filter the solution and save the crystals that
- form upon cooling. This process of purification is called
- "fractional crystalization". These crystals should be relatively
- pure potassium chlorate.
-
- Powder these to the consistency of face powder, and heat gently to
- drive off all moisture.
-
- Now, melt five parts Vaseline with five parts wax. Dissolve this
- in white gasoline (camp stove gasoline), and pour this liquid on
- 90 parts potassium chlorate (the powdered crystals from above)
- into a plastic bowl. Knead this liquid into the potassium
- chlorate until intimately mixed. Allow all gasoline to evaporate.
-
- Finally, place this explosive into a cool, dry place. Avoid
- friction, sulfur, sulfides, and phosphorous compounds. This
- explosive is best molded to the desired shape and density of 1.3
- grams in a cube and dipped in wax until water proof. These block
- type charges guarantee the highest detonation velocity. Also, a
- blasting cap of at least a 3 grade must be used.
-
- The presence of the afore mentioned compounds (sulfur, sulfides,
- etc.) results in mixtures that are or can become highly sensitive
- and will possibly decompose explosively while in storage. You
- should never store homemade explosives, and you must use EXTREME
- caution at all times while performing the processes in this
- article.
-
- You may obtain a catalog of other subject of this nature by
- writing:
-
- Information Publishing Co.
- Box 10042
- Odessa, Texas 79762
-
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- '94
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