Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Jinx wrote:
>> We had a guy fired for trying the pot permangante/glycerol method
>> further down that page. He'd already had a warning for iodine/ammonia
> 
> Ha, ha.  We did both in high school.  The nitrogen triiodide was particular
> fun.  We also made gunpowder, but couldn't get it to go bang.  Great orange
> flames and lots of smoke though.  Saltpeter and sugar makes a great smoke
> bomb.  So great that it overran the fume hood in the chem lab.

It probably was the real stuff, just not contained (you were smart
enough not to do that.)

I tried to make these when I was in middle/high school:
<http://balloons.space.edu/ndra/nickle.html>
I ended up creating a lot of smoke 'bombs'. I tried buying real
chemicals from: <http://skylighter.com/> but that didn't work out.

Of course, anyone who experiments with fireworks gets labeled a domestic
terrorist these days.

-
Martin
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