As you probably know, I listen to Free Talk Live (http://freetalklive.com) on a pretty regular basis when I’m commuting via podcast.
[No, not because it’s free!]
It’s an entertaining pro-liberty show. Recently they did a rendition of a Register article that went into the chemistry of the recent English threat.
Having attempted to make explosives in high school chemistry, (hey who knows why; the nerd herd thought it would be a kool if we could blow up the darn place; that’s why I think of any school — public or private — as a prison!), I KNOW it’s not as easy as one might think. Thermite is pretty easy. (And a hoot, when the good brother teaching chemistry singed his arms putting out the fire we created. Accidentally, of course.) Phosphorous burns nicely as well. (Note, don’t throw water on that fire. I remember the same Brother panicking, doing it, and creating a nice steam cloud. Whatta hoot!) Leaving the bunsen burners open just sets off the gas alarm; no boom. Oxygen in a bottle is lame; unless you can put it under pressure, but Boyle’s Law works against you.
So, I listened with a big chuckle as Ian read the article about how do actually do the chemistry in an airplane’s lavatory (laboratory). It his a chord ’cause I know first hand that blowing stuff up isn’t as easy as it looks on TV or james bond movies.
Any way, I snipped it out and put it on a free site for your enjoyment. Yell if you need it done differently.
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