[ExI] a very silly story

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 08:45:27PM -0700, spike wrote:
> ... On Behalf Of Rafal Smigrodzki
> Subject: Re: [ExI] a very silly story
> 
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> 
> >
> >> As for thermite, my standard ignition method was always a
> magnesium-oxidizer mixture. Of course, I often added a bit extra to get some
> aluminium to lift into the air and burn freely - made such a lovely infrared
> pulse, and tended to evaporate the soda cans I put the mixture in.

One of my more stupid ideas was to substitude lead oxide for
iron oxide once. Never again.
 
> >...### I am partial to sodium perchlorate mixed with magnesium and ignited
> by dripping some glycerol on top of a few crystals of permanganate (for a
> nice delayed-action fuse).... but aluminum powder is nice too.  What do you
> guys think about nitrogen triiodide? Not as flashy but provides a lot fun
> when smeared on door latches, chairs and toilets ... Rafal

Like organic peroxides, it would do great to spread your thermite
(and subtract a few digits) but fail to ignite it.
 
> 
> 
> So much of this fun stuff we used to do would now attract too much attention
> from Homeland Security.  Their curiosity would be aroused at something as
> benign as collecting a bunch of ammonium nitrate.  Tim McVeigh spoiled so

Well, you're a farmer... right?

> much fun.

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