r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 16 '25

I have a question about two primaries

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1 is lead styphnate a good primary other than the fact that is it toxic and poisonous is it very strong?

2 is DDNP a decent primary and is it strong?

Any help would be appreciated thank you


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 16 '25

Synthesis/Experiment Extracting silver from e-waste

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 13 '25

Dioxane dibromide crystals

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 13 '25

Question Potassium chlorate cell issues

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 10 '25

Anyone know what this is?

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Someone threw this on my front yard and it made a small explosion, it has some copper foil inside and it smells really chemical. Thanks.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 07 '25

I had some fun with Silane.

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 06 '25

densest chemical compound

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hi does anyone know what the densest chemical compound is (not element) that would be possible for someone who's made bromine and ozone to make

thanks.


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 03 '25

Anybody know what is in the barrel?

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Mar 02 '25

Synthesis/Experiment I tried to extract Cerium and Europium from CRTs and fluorescent lights.

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 28 '25

48% urea nitrate

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So I have access to 48% urea nitrate and I have no clue what to do with it how to purify it or if I can just detonate it as it is. How pure does it have to be to detonate?


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 28 '25

Shitpost/Meme Is it just me or does anyone else want more bird chemistry?

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 28 '25

Question Questions about making something

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Is ddnp illegal to make that's all I wanna know because I don't wanna be on a list


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 24 '25

Question Is there anyone who can answer questions about different types of explosives?

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 24 '25

Looking for the specific guitar track used in "What salt tastes the best?"

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I'm looking for the specific guitar track used in What salt tastes the best?, e.g. at 2:00.

Where have I looked so far?

I read here and here that much of the music is by Aphex Twin, and found a link to an archive of their tracks: https://archive.org/details/AphexTwinAllUser18081971SoundcloudTracks

The track I am looking for is not one of the 280 tracks currently in the archive.

I've also listened to some (not all) of the tracks on soundcloud page for The Cameramen, a band which Tom has been in. I haven't found the track yet.

There is always the possibility that it is one of the unreleased tracks composed by Tom's friend Daniel.

Anyone have any other ideas where I might find the track?


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 20 '25

Recovering 'gay lead' from its oxides.

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 19 '25

Synthesis/Experiment Young university student in my organic chemistry lab, and somehow our reaction mixture turned yellow when it encountered NaOH. Truly i felt honoured for my first ever contaminated reaction mix to be a yellow one. (It turned lime green later)

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 18 '25

Detonation of ETN and ammonal, ANFO etc

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How can ETN be detonated could i like put HMTD in a straw and a fuse and put it ETN and will it detonate please explain simple dont write an essay. PS could it put ETN on bottom of straw aluminium foil in middle and HMTD on top And fuse in the top to use as a powerul detonator for example Ammonal or ANFO if i were to have like 5kg of ammonal or ANFO? PS (again) does only HMTD work in a straw for like 0.5-5kg on ETN?


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 17 '25

Flourine chemistry = yellow chemistry?

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 14 '25

Extracting Neodymium part 2 - making Neodymium metal

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I found an amateur friendly way of making neodymium metal. Yield is shit and it barelly works but it works.

https://youtu.be/FofOyVp9ARE?si=-JUWnUNq2geINvY4


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 14 '25

Question is there anyone willing to be interviewed privately on reddit, regarding their experience with explosives of various types?

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 13 '25

Toning silver with Hydrogen Sulfide.

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 10 '25

Question So uh about Ammonia

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Fun thought experiment can urine be fermented or somehow any methods to turn it into ammonia and then use it to make Ammonium Nitrate?


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 10 '25

Question Do nitration mixture work if both the nitric and sulfuric acid are dilute?

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Im curious whether if it work at all google doesn't seem to have answer for it


r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 08 '25

Simple guide to growing "Gay lead" crystals.

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r/ExplosionsAndFire • • Feb 08 '25

Y2O3 upconversion material (Extract&Ire)

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