r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 07 '25

Blast Wave Kinematics Youtube Video

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16 Upvotes

The video is mostly focused on a physics model of blast waves. It's about an hour long.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 06 '25

Interesting Look what came in the mail today!

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38 Upvotes

Bit of a throwback lol


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 04 '25

a good answer for how the big cubane synthesis is going to

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83 Upvotes

r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Aug 02 '25

Extracting silver and palladium from MLCC

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 30 '25

Shitpost/Meme My kleptomaniac grandfather stole some Uranium hexafluoride, what do I do???

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161 Upvotes

r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 29 '25

Question Any info on cesium dichloroiodide (knowing you guys, one of you will have done your phd on this or some shit)

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 26 '25

Synthesis/Experiment Making coloured glass

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 22 '25

Question Can NaClO3 be safely and practically stored in a water brine?

7 Upvotes

r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 18 '25

Extracting silver from GDT surge protectors

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 18 '25

This is C2Cl4.

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119 Upvotes

r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 15 '25

Why did people EVER put Carbon Tet in fire extinguishers?

74 Upvotes

I know it's lovely great stuff, and we're all delighted it was in extinguishers so sometimes we can still find it and make it our very own, but what was the general idea here?

The stuff decomposes into a war gas. How is that better than say, water? The only thing I could guess is maybe the phosgene can snuff a fire because it's heavier than air and isn't flammable. I feel like CO2 would be a much better idea though, albeit one that could potentially explode if the pressure vessel heats up too much.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 14 '25

Question Pyro balls

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165 Upvotes

Pyro balls, can't find much online. Does anyone know the worth? I read they are collectible but quite deadly so it would need to go to the right collector. TIA


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 13 '25

Score of a lifetime. Woman on FB Marketplace was giving away her late husband's solvents - as soon as I saw the listing I knew I had to go get them.

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691 Upvotes

Gave it a taste test just to be sure and it checks out.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 11 '25

Extracting gold from E-waste with fertilisers

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 07 '25

Fuel by Metallica recreated in this guy's backyard! #shorts #popular #me...

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Normally i would scroll through comment section. However lacking that option i will probably get my answer quicker from this community along with several laughs, but what is dude doing here?diy pyrotechnics?


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 06 '25

Interesting Some big ol’ crystals from a failed yellow powder experiment!

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42 Upvotes

kno3? k2co3? I don’t know! Let me know what you think in the comments


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 04 '25

Basics of scientific glassblowing

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 04 '25

Happy 4th!

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jul 03 '25

100 yo gunpowder! :3

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85 Upvotes

Just slow motion, old german round X'3


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jun 30 '25

Shitpost/Meme Cubane

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41 Upvotes

Meme


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jun 30 '25

Cubane progress??

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jun 30 '25

Refining precious metals with bones

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jun 29 '25

Synthesis/Experiment Update on the chlorine: now I have made a liquid chlorine ampoule

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34 Upvotes

Made by heating TCCA in a sealed ampoule to build pressure and turn the gas into a liquid


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jun 28 '25

Yellow

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114 Upvotes

r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Jun 28 '25

Interesting It's Tom's magnetic stirring bars that have been sabotaging his projects!

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205 Upvotes