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                                 NITROGLYCERIN           

                                                        by Gray Chance
                                                        for >TARGET<  

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INTRODUCTION:
    This file was composed in April of 1985, so it is by far the newest, and 
after you read this you will see that it is by far the safest of all previous 
nitro files.  Hopefully you will learn a little bit about chemistry (although 
I doubt it) and not just how to blow things up.  I myself am not a chemist, 
and have had no more than high school chemistry.  This recipe is a modified 
form of the one found in the ANARCHISTS COOKBOOK, but much better.  It was 
obtained from a grad student in chemistry at one of top universities (for 
chemistry at least) in the nation.  His name and the university are not 
mentioned for purposes of privacy.
    As most people know, nitroglycerin is an extremely powerful explosive, 
used largely today by industry, and made in huge cement mixers that hold 
hundreds of gallons.  It is not safe to make, and you shouldn't even think of 
making any unless you plan to use it (and don't make more than you need).  I 
personally do not condone the use of nitroglycerin at all--this file is for 
informational purposes only.  I hope anyone who does make some has had at 
least some chemistyr and a little bit of brains.  The last thing anyone wants 
to hear is how some 14 year old punk blew himself up trying to make nitro.
    One last thing.  I encourage you to upload this file to other systems, but 
I insist that my name and club remain.

MATERIALS:
    1) 70% concentrated nitric acid
    2) 98% concentrated sulfuric acid
    3) Glycerin
    4) Baking soda
    5) A *GOOD* thermometer and glassware (beakers, glass rod-stirring device,
       test tubes, eyedropper, whatever--must be all glass materials though. 
       Acid eats everything else.  Also, whatever you use to hold your        
       solutions should have as thin a glass wall as possible--to diffuse heat 
       faster.)
    6) Very large ice-bath
    7) Gloves, Goggles, etc.
    8) Blue litmus paper 
    9) Kitchen sink

OBTAINING MATERIALS:
    Nitric acid can be bought for about $19+ per gallon (it's cheaper to buy 
in this quantity).  You need to be 21, but some chemical places don't card.
    Sulfuric acid can be bought the same way, at $14+ per gallon.
    Glycerin can be bought at any drug store.  You won't need half as much 
glycerin as acid.  The actual quantity and ratio varies--and is really 
unimportant in this recipe.
    The thermometer and glassware, etc., can be bought by anyone, but it's 
cheaper to 'borrow' from chem lab.  If you have to buy, there should be a 
place near any college campus that sells the stuff.

THE REACTION:
   
  H                                                            
  ! 
H-C-O-NO2
  ! 
H-C-O-NO2 ===========>     N2 + CO2 + O2 + H2O
  ! 
H-C-O-NO2
  !
  H

PROCEDURE:
    1)  Mix by volume 3 parts sulfuric acid with 1 part nitric.  Add the 
sulfuric to the nitric *NOT* vice versa (you never add water to acid because 
it splatters, and the nitric is 30% water).  Your beaker/test tube should be 
contained in the ice bath because this solution is gets *HOT*--but isn't 
dangerous, yet.  Stir a little bit, but don't put your face right over it 
(vapors). Wait til it cools to 0-5 degrees centigrade.  You'll need to rig 
some kind of contraption, if you don't have the proper lab equipment, in order 
to keep the thermometer from touching the edge of the beaker/test tube--an 
accurate reading is *VERY* important.
    2)  Once the acids are cool enough you can start adding glycerin.  While 
stirring constantly, use the eyedropper and add about 5 drops.  If the heat 
doesn't rise, add 8 drops, and see what happens.  Keep adding larger amounts 
until the temperature rises.  Once it does, wait (don't stop stirring til at 
least 30 seconds after adding glycerin) for the temperature to drop back down 
to 0-5 degreees centigrade.  DON'T EVER LET THE TEMPERATURE GET ABOVE 30 
DEGREES CENTIGRADE--If you do, you lose.  It might not blow up, but it will 
decompose, and you'll get nothing but garbage (the person who designed this 
recipe has had it go as high as 40 and not explode).  To be safe, keep it 
below 20 degrees centigrade, and if it gets above that, dump the whole thing 
in the ice bath (there better be plenty of ice too, cause sulfur and water 
react, and you need plenty of ioce to keep that reaction cool).  The 
nitroglycerin reaction is done when the glycerin you add no longer affects the 
temperature.
    3)  The nitroglycerin is slowly decomposing at this point, so you want to 
work fast here.  The sulfuric has only been a catalyst for the reaction and 
needs to be washed out.  Fill a container 10x the volume of your solution with 
ice water (again, ice is important cause sulfur and water react giving off 
enough heat to set off the nitro) and add your solution to it.  Stir 
thoroughly (nitro and water don't mix).  Let the nitro seperate (it will 
settle to the bottom) and pour off the water (acids and all) down the drain.  
Put your saolution under the tap and add more water.  Stir again and let 
settle (settling can be helped by adding a little of ordinary dishsoap--like 
half a drop).  Pour off again.  Repeat the process 3 or 4 times.  Make sure 
*ALL* the water is poured off (to get the last little bit, try dragging paper 
towells across the top).  Take the blue litmus paper and test the nitro.  If 
it stays blue, everything is fine.  If it turns red, wash your solution a few 
more times.
    4)  After the solution is 'clean', wash with a baking soda solution (1 
tsp./ quart of water).  Follow the same steps outlined above, but only wash 
once.  Pour your final solution into a glass bottle.  Put in the fridge.

CAUTIONS:
    First of all, stor nitroglycerin in a cool place--like the fridge (or try 
the freezer.  I don'  If you touch some 
you'll get the headache of your life that will last up to 12 hours.

DETONATION:
    What you wil probably want to try as soon as you make nitroglycerin is a 
simple little experiment to prove to yourself it works.  Put *ONE* drop on a 
paper towell and strike with a hammer.
    Nitro, in this form, is not all that easy to blow up.  Throwing a bottle 
of the stuff at a wall or dropping it off a five story building will do 
nothing more than break the bottle.  The best way to detonate nitroglycerin is 
with a wax coated firecracker taped on the inside of your container.

VARIATIONS:
    Putty-  Mix your final solution with sawdust or diatomacious earth (which 
you can get at pool stores) to the consistency of silly putty.  All this does 
is make your nitro easier to work with.

    Flash Paper-  This is a little more difficult to make, a little safer, and 
maybe more fun.  Instead of adding glycerin to your acids in step 2, use gun 
cotton (*REAL* cotton).  You don't have to watch the temperature either.  Just 
toss a bunch of cotton in and let it soak up your solution  (don't be stupid 
though--add them slowly the first time).  You don't need to be in as much of a 
rush either because it doesn't decompose as fast.  You're nitrating the 
cotton, so let it sit a couple hours in the mix.  Then pour off all the acid 
and wash in water (the same way you wash regular nitro), then after it's 
fairly clean you can pull out the cotton  and wash by hand--*VERY WELL*.  Let 
the cotton dry out, then put a piece in a jar with a very small amount of 
acitone (which you can purchase at any hardware store and is perfectly safe).  
The cotton will dissolve like cotton candy in water.  Any cotton left in the 
jar should be taken out.  Now let the acitone evaporate.  There will be a 
small plastic-like film at the bottom of the jar.  You can light this stuff 
like flash paper.
    Jelly-  If you are brave you can dissolve the 'flash paper' in nitro and 
get a jelly like substance that is quite powerful and easier to work with.  
Use very little nitro and a lot of 'flash paper' (you'll have to experiment to 
find what works best for the consistency you want.

LAST WORD:
    By all means--*DON'T BE STUPID!*




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