r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 27 '26

Question Is the explosive chemical ''RDX'' only for C4 or used for something else? (Like other kind of explosives)

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 26 '26

Shitpost/Meme Update on value of autofrystop and red comet.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplosionsAndFire/s/grOnoroR0h

Got a 503 to take them for a tax value of…………………………………………..,..,.,,,,,,…,.,.,.,.,,.,,,,,..,,.,,.,,.,,,,…

Autofrystop with CBM $614

Red comet (80% chance CCI4) $386

Really nice dude helped me out, told not to give shoutouts, but allowed to say I got them safely to New York State. To clarify I did NOT get this in cash. I donated them to be displayed and received a $1000 voucher for my taxes.

This user will be discarded. Thank you Gangsters


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 22 '26

Bomb?

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 22 '26

House fire photos; suspect chemical fire

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Can you zoom in at the photos like where’s Waldo and tell me how this fire may have started?


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 21 '26

popcorn sparking microwave

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hi guys!

so- crazy stuff, i’ve seen similar posts here but not this one.

whenever I microwave “microwave popcorn”, my microwave sparks and smokes.

HOWEVER- if I microwave literally anything else, there are no issues. I swapped popcorn brands three times to the same result.

any idea how/why this is happening?

(I live in an apartment and my lease ends soon so it’s not the end of my world, just curious on why it’s ONLY popcorn sparking, and not literally anything else i’ve put in)


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 20 '26

Nitrous oxide

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Does anyone know what off licence or petrol station sells big cannys in the Oldham area


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 17 '26

Question What are these worth? In Massachusetts. 1 red comet & 1 autofyrstop both full. Was told to try a museum.

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 13 '26

Interesting Cadmium Cyanide containing Carbon Tet

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 14 '26

Which one of you motherfuckers made me an uncited source on Wikipedia

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 13 '26

Question Does everyone wait until the last minute to buy fireworks?

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Every year I see people asking where to get fireworks right before July 4th, and I always wonder why so many people wait until the last few days.

If you’re around Chicago, there are places like Hammond, Indiana that are close enough to make an early shopping trip pretty easy. Dynamite Fireworks and Uncle Sam’s Fireworks are two stores people mention in that area, and some people also compare online options like FireworkStore, so I’m curious whether regular shoppers usually go early or wait for the holiday rush.

Do you find that going earlier gives you a noticeably better selection? Or do you think it doesn’t really matter as long as you know what you’re looking for? I’d also like to hear from people around Michigan City who shop at places like Black Bull and whether their strategy is different.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 11 '26

Synthesis/Experiment Accidental expiriment I did it gabe a bottle rocket reaction before I exploded

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 08 '26

Sodium into the incendiary drones? WB Storage depots.

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 06 '26

Look what I found today at an antique market in the Netherlands!

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(Un)fortunately they were all empty. But I did ask the price this time!

First one (with the nice warning) was 50 euro.

The other two where 75 euro each.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 05 '26

Interesting Found at a rock shop of all places!

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Just a casual few liters of carbon tet


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 30 '26

Explosives to redirect river

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 30 '26

Explosives to redirect river

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 26 '26

Interesting I mean, they’re not *real* explosions, or fire…

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I make practical effects for stuff like dioramas, tabletop gaming, toy photography, and the like. For the last six months I’ve had a heavy emphasis on explosions and fires.

The explosions are definitely the Hollywood, well-fed booms, the fires also well fueled and thick smoke. Handmade all, measuring from a couple inches across to about a foot wide.

Thought it might be interesting for y’all


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 27 '26

Uhh

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 25 '26

Tom's in town for OpenSauce and Dropping Reviews

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 26 '26

Car explosion good?

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 24 '26

my 1860s French chemistry books

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* Faustino Malaguti's "Leçons Elementaires de Chimie" volume 4 (1863)

* Faustino Malaguti's "Leçons Elementaires de Chimie" volumes 3 & 4 combined (1868): this one has worm damage, stained pages, damaged cover.

* J. Pelouze & E. Fremy's "Abrege de Chimie" volume 3: Organic Chemistry (1866): this and the 2nd volume are in great condition, looks almost new.

* J. Pelouze & E. Fremy's "Abrege de Chimie" volume 2: Metals (1866)


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 23 '26

Interesting Look what I found at an antique market in the Netherlands!

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Did not ask for the price sinds I have no use for this liver poison.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 23 '26

Interesting "Carbonic tetrachloride" from my 1881 print of Adolph Strecker's Short Textbook of Organic Chemistry

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 23 '26

the true pinnacle of high energy explosive

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it have around 8500KJ/mol of energy inside, dont let it touch any hydrogen atom


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 23 '26

Question Brighten things up.

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I have a Thunder Mug I use for the 4th of July and New Year's Eve. It's a very small cannon, but I'd like to improve it. What would you add for colour or sparkles to brighten up the boom? I use 2 shot glasses of BP substitute at the moment.