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- How To Make Blasting Gelatin
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- One of the nearly perfect explosive compounds, in the sense of
- chemical combustion rather than stability, is blasting gelatin. This was
- discovered by Nobel, and is a very primitive form of plastique, as we know
- it today. It is made by mixing a small amount of nitrocellulose (nitrated
- sawdust) with a larger amount of nitroglycerin. This creates a stiff, plastic
- substance which has power as an explosive greater than either of its
- ingredients. A person attempting to make this should use 92% nitroglycerin
- and 8% nitrocellulose, and pray. If you don't want to mess with making
- nitrocellulose and have access to guncotton, it can be substituted. Any
- recipe listed in this chapter which employs unstable or sensitive compounds,
- such as nitroglycerin, should be left alone by all those who do not have
- access to a laboratory or previous training. This book (disk) is not enough
- training to mess with these compounds.
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