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From: gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Low yeild explosives and "snappers"
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Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 13:04:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 25 13:04:46 1987
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When I was in college, I used to make a pretty simple explosive using
ammonium hydroxide, and iodine (I think it was ammonium tri-iodide).
Anyway, when the resulting powder was dried, it made quite a good
explosive that was EXTREMELY sensitive to jarring (it made a great
flytrap).  What I was wondering was, does anyone know if that is the
same substance used in the commercially available "snappers".  They
are small bundles of some powder that "snap" when they are thrown against
something.

By the way, I'm just curious... I have no intentions of blowing
anything up.

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