Acetone Peroxide Explosive

This explosive can not only be used as an explosive, but also as a detonator. will go into this one very detailed and all my following articles will be the same.

Materials:

Hydrogen Peroxide (hair bleach, drug stores and hair supply stores) Acetone (hardware Stores and drug stores) Sulfuric Acid (clear battery acid boiled until white fumes appear) Eye Dropper or Syringe w/glass tube Graduated Cylinder (cc or ml) Thermometer (0 to 100 degrees C) Glass Containers Large Pan Ice and Salt Water Paper Towels

All the above can easily be commandeered from your school laboratory for your own purposes.

Procedure:

1) Mix 30 ml of Acetone and 50ml of Hydrogen Peroxide into a glass container and mix thoroughly.

2)Cool it by placing it in a larger container containing ice, salt, and water.Now cool it to 5 degrees Celsius.

3) Add 2.5 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid to the mixture slowly (drop by drop w/ the eye dropper). Stir the mixture w/the thermometer keeping the temperaturebetween 5-10 degrees Celsius.If; the temperature rises don't shit just stop adding the sulfuric acid until it cools down then start adding it again.

4) Now that you have all the acid into the mixture continue stirring for another 5 minutes.

5) Now let the mixture stand for 12 to 24 hours in the ice/salt bath.

6) After 12 hours the crystals of acetone peroxide will precipitate out of  the once clear solution. Precipitation should be done after 24 hours.

7) Now filter out the crystals through a paper towel attached to a jar w/a rubber band. Then after that wash the crystals by pouring ice cold water over them, letting the water rinse the crystals filter down through the paper towel into the jar.

8) Select a container and allow them to dry.

Uses:

Now this can be used as an explosive however it is the simplest detonator that I have ever encountered. Works best in 2.5 inch lengths of brass tubing with one end sealed. The only drawback is that it must be used quickly as Acetone Peroxide deteriorate quickly. have found that keeping it refrigerated seems to make it last longer however for optimum effect it should be used 7 days after manufacture at the latest. It also can be used to detonate almost every Ammonium Nitrate compound, and Ammonium Nitrate itself for that matter.