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FROM THE BOOK:  THE POOR MAN'S JAMES
                BOND.
                BY KURT SAXON

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AMMONIUM NITRATE AND LAUGHING GAS

SOME MILITANTS WHO DON'T HAVE MUCH DYNAMITE USE AMMONIUM NITRATE.  THIS
CAN BE BOUGHT BY ANYONE AT $3.75 FOR AN 80 POUND BAG (OLD PRICE).  IT IS A
FERTILIZER.  AMMONIUM NITRATE EXPLODES AT RATES UP TO 14,000 FEET PER
SECOND. IT IS ROUGHLY COMPARED TO DYNAMITE HAVING 60% NITRO. THE
FERTILIZER GRADE MILITANTS USE IS MIZED WITH MOTOR OIL AT THE RATIO OF ONE
PINT OF OIL TO 8.5 POUNDS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE.  THIS HAS TO BE DETONATED
WITH A STICK OF GELATIN DYNAMITE. PURIFIED AMMONIUM NITRATE CAN BE
DETONATED WITH A NUMBER 6 DYNAMITE CAP. THE PURE STUFF CAN BE BOUGHT AT
CHAMICAL SUPPLY HOUSES OR THE FERTILIZERGRADE CAN BE PURIFIED WITH
DISTILLED WOOD ALCOHOL. PUT SEVERAL POUNDS OF FERTILIZER GRADE AMMONIUM
NITRATE IN A PAN.  POUR IN ENOUGH WOOD ALCOHOL (METHANOL) TO COVER THE
FERTILIZER.  THEN STIR IT UNTIL A LOT HAS DISSOLVED.  NEXT, LET IT SET A
FEW MINUTES TO ALLOW THE IMPURITIES TO SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM ALONG WITH THE
UNDISSOLVED AMMONIUM NITRATE. ANOTHER PAN IS SET ON SOME PIECES OF DRY ICE
FOR THE NEXT STEP.  THE AMMONIUM NITRATE IS POURED INTO THE COLD PAN.
THIS IS DONE CAREFULLY SO AS TO LEAVE THE INPURITIES AND UNDISSOLVED
AMMONIUM NITRATE BEHIND. THE DRY ICE CAUSES THE PURIFIED AMMONIUM NITRATE
TO PRECIPITATE OUT OF THE SOLUTION IN CRYSTALS.  WHEN NO MORE CRYSTALS ARE
FORMED THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE ALCOHOL. THE ALCOHOL IS THEN POURED BACK
INTO THE OTHER PAN AND STIRRED TO DISSOLVE AND AMMONIUM NITRATE LEFT
UNDSSOLVED. AFTER SETTING A FEW MINUTES THE SOLUTIONIS AGAIN POURED OFF
THE DREGS AND THE DREGS ARE THROWN AWAY.  WHEN THE LAST BATCH OF CRYSTALS
IS REMOVED, THE ALCOHOL CAN BE STORED AND REUSED. IN ORDER FOR PURE
AMMONIUM NITRATE TO BE DETONATED BY A DYNAMITE CAP, IT MUST BE VERY DRY.
SPREAD IT OUT UNDER A HEAT LAMP OR IN THE SUN.  WHEN COMPLETELY DRY STORE
IN TIGHTLY CLOSES PLASTIC BAGS.

AS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR THE PARTY ANIMALS IN THE AUDIENCE AND SINCE
AMMONIUM NITRATE HAS BENE ON YOUR MINDS FOR A FEW MINUTES, YOU MIGHT AS
WELL LEARN HOW TO MAKE LAUGHING GAS FROM AMMONIUM NITRATE. LAUGHING GAS
WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ANAESTHETICS.  AFTER A LITTLE WHILE OF INHALING
THE GAS THE PATIENT BECAME SO HAPPY HE COULDN'T KEEP FROM LAUGHING.
FINALLY HE WOULD DRIFT OFF INTO A PLEASANT SLEEP. SOME DO-IT-YOURSELFERS
HAVE DIED WHILE TAKING LAUGHING GAS.  THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAD GENERATED
IT THROUGH PLASTIC BAGS WHILE THEIR HEADS WERE INSIDE. THEY SIMPLY
SUFFOCATED, BUT TO TOO WASTED TO EVEN REALIZE THAT. THE TRICK IS TO HAVE A
PLASTIC CLOTHES BAG IN WHICH YOU GENERATE A LOT OF THE GAS.  THEN YOU STOP
GENERATING THE GAS AND HOLDA SMALL OPENING OF THE BAG UNDER YOUR NOSE,
GETTING PLENTY OF OXYGEN IN THE MEANTIME.  THEN WHEE!! TO MAKE IT YOU
START WITH PURE AMMONIUM NITRATE FROM A CHEMICAL SUPPLY STORE, OR HOMEMADE
PURIFIED STUFF. FIRST, DISSOLVE A QUANTITY OF AMMONIUM NITRATE IN SOME
WATER.  THEN YOU EVAPORATE THE WATER OVER THE STOVE, WHILE STIRRING, UNTIL
YOU HAVE A HEAVY BRINE.  WHEN NEARLY ALL THE MOISTURE IS OUT IT SHOULD
SOLIDIFY INSTANTLY WHEN A DROP IS PUT ON AN ICE COLD METAL PLATE. WHEN
READY, DUMP IT ALL OUT ON A VERY COLD SURFACE AND STORE IT IN A BOTTLE. A
SPOONFUL IS PUT INTO A FLASK WITH A ONE HOLE STOPPER, WITH A TUBE LEADING
INTO A BIG PLASTIC BAG.  THE FLASK IS HEATED WITH AN ALCOHOL LAMP. WHEN
THE TEMPERATURE IN THE FLASK REACHES 480F ~lRT(*HU)S GENERATE.  IF WHITE
FUMES APPEAR THE HEAT SHOULD BE LOWERED AS THE STUFF EXPLODES AT 600F.
WHEN THE BAG IS FILLED, STOP THE ACTION AND GET READY TO TURN ON.

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