This is the most in-depth tutorial ever written on Bored to Hell. You already read where to buy all these chemicals, now it’s time to put them to good use!  Today we introduce to you ways to create your favorite household chemical bomb!  You know you have heard of Thermite before, and now you get to make it!  It’s only rust and some aluminum.  We also have went out of our way to show you four more chemical bombs such as a “Nap Charge” and other cool things.  Remember, this is for education purposes only, and should no be attempted by anyone and we are not responsible for your actions!

Thermite

Materials:

• Aluminum Powder
• Iron Oxide (Rust)
• Playdoh
• Magnesium

How to Make:

1. Acquire some Aluminum Powder, Iron Oxide, and some Playdoh by any of the methods in buying chemical explosives page!
2. Pour the Aluminum Powder with the Iron Oxide into a glass bowl, mixing in a 8:3 ratio.
3. Once well mixed, take a small amount of Playdoh and mix it in with the powder.
4. Buy a Magnesium strand or make a pile of dust to lead up to the Thermite! It needs a lot of heat to start the reaction!

Ammonium Nitrate Bomb

Materials:

• Ammonium Nitrate
• Fuel Oil

How to Make:

1. Acquire some Ammonium Nitrate (see warnings) and Fuel Oil (Kerosene) by any of the methods in buying chemical explosives page!
2. Mix the two together in a glass beaker until mushy like the picture above.
3. This stuff is highly flammable, so be careful and store in a cool dry place!
4. Light in small doses, and a match will make this stuff go off!

Acetone Peroxide Explosive

Warning:

This chemical is UNSTABLE and should under no circumstances be made by people without experience in this field! Avoid static electricity and have a safe area to work with! This compound is sensitive to friction, and will blow up under say hitting it with a hammer. Please be careful, it takes only a few grams to create a large explosion!

Materials:

• Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) (3.75ml)
• Hydrogen Peroxide (H202) (15ml)
• Acetone (25ml)
• Ice Bath
• Coffee Filter
• Baking Soda (sodium bicarbonate)

How to Make (very safe):

1. Acquire the above materials via the store ( buy HCL from the hardware store AKA muriatic acid) and any of the methods in buying chemical explosives page!
2. Create an Ice Bath (beaker, water, and ice) and cool to under 5 degree’s Celsius.
3. Add the Hydrogen Peroxide and Acetone into the ice-cooled beaker.
4. Using a dropper,  put in the 3.75ml of HCL very slowly and watch to keep the temperature below 10 degrees Celsius.
5. Keep it in the bath, store it in your fridge for 24 hours.

Cleaning (very important):

1. When taken out of the fridge, put the salt like crystals into a Coffee Filter in a bowl and in a sink!
2. Mix 300ml of normal tap water with 1 teaspoon of Baking Soda (sodium Bicarbonate) and dissolve thoroughly.
3. Pour the mixture into the Acetone Peroxide and rinse it out with the mixture a few times. This preserves the Acetone Peroxide!
4. Drain out the excess mixture and lay the Acetone Peroxide on a glass surface to dry.
5. Once dry, store in a plastic container! Not metal because it will cause a reaction.

Chlorine Bomb

Materials:

• Chlorine Tablets
• Rubbing Alcohol (Isopropyl)
• A Hammer
• A two liter bottle!

How to Make:

1. Take some chlorine tablets, and hit them with a hammer and grind into little pieces that could fit into a two liter bottle top.
2. Pour a whole bottle of Rubbing Alcohol into the bottle, using a funnel.
3. Be ready with the cap, and pour the fine chlorine tablet dust into the bottle.
4. Screw that damn cap and run!

Naphthalene Charge

What is this?

This is a “Nap Charge” and is used in Hollywood to create those large smoke bomb effects. They are not used as an explosive, more does create a large fireball with a lot of smoke coming from it.

Materials:

• Naphthalene
• Black Powder
• Toilet Paper
• Epoxy or Saw Dust
• Plastic Tube

How to Make:

1. Using the materials above, pack the a tube in order according to the diagram above.
2. Seal with hot glue, and ass a fuse to the end of the cap.
3. Light, and run!

Thermite

Ammonium Nitrate

Acetone Peroxide

Chlorine Bomb

Naphthalene Charge

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There are so many cool videos on youtube with stuff blowing up! Those explosions don’t come from anywhere, and sure they’ll list what they are, but where do you buy them?  Today we take a closer look on how to produce and create those chemicals use for explosions and Hollywood bombs!  Once we have explored all the new chemicals that are displayed, next week we will learn how to use them to create cool explosives!

Acetone

Facts:

Found in nail polish and paint removers, acetone is extremely flammable and toxic to breath.

• It auto-ignites at a temperature of 465 °C (869 °F).
• Acetone’s flash point of −20 °C (−4 °F) it may explode or cause a flash fire.
• It will melt through plastic and dissolve many items
• Thought to increase the performance of your car

How to burn it:

Being an alcohol like substance, sticking a match to the liquid or reacting it with metals will create heat or fire!

Where to get it:

You can buy it at any hardware store or local supermarket (as nail polish remover).

Aluminum Powder

Facts:

This nasty substance is used to make thermite, and by its self can create a large flash!

• It ignites at a temperature of 465 °C (869 °F).
• In the presence of an oxidizer it can heat up.
• Mesh-like chunks of it are used for fireworks to create a glitter effect for aerial shell
• Burns VERY HOT!

How to burn it:

Any match or spark will set this stuff ablaze.  Remember, once you start the reaction, you can’t stop it!  Don’t try to put water or anything on it.

Where to get it:

• The powder inside a Etch-A-Sketch
• Using a file to grind Aluminum
• Putting foil into a blender, and setting it on high for 20 minutes
• Buy it from a chemical store

Ammonium Nitrate

Facts:

Found in plant fertilizers and all hardware stores!

• Ignites with very little effort!
• Is a common explosive used in excavation
• Is related to many deaths and homemade explosions, so be careful!

How to burn it:

Using a match will do the trick!

Where to get it:

You can buy it at any hardware store or local supermarket.  Don’t buy too much though, even if you buy more than a few bags at the hardware store, expect a phone call coming.  This stuff is a known explosive!

Isopropyl Alcohol

Facts:

This common household liquid is used for cleaning and disinfecting things.

• It ignites with a normal match.
• Lights after 399 °C.
• Creates a nice red flame!

How to burn it:

Any match or spark will cause a reaction lighting it on fire.  A common use for this is breathing fire with your mouth!

Where to get it:

• Any store will sell it these days.

Naphthalene

Facts:

This material is used in Hollywood to create those smoke explosion effects!

• It ignites with a normal match.
• Needs to be compacted with gun powder, toilet paper, epoxy, and Naphthalene to create an explosion.
• Creates a big fireball!

How to burn it:

Any match or spark will cause a reaction lighting it on fire.  A fuse is required because of the fireball produced by the explosion.

Where to get it:

• Any store will sell it these days.

Hydrogen

We have already covered in a long tutorial on how to produce your own hydrogen (and even turn it into a bomb!)

Magnesium

Another tutorial on how to buy and create bombs with this has been made!

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Look mommy, it goes boom!

Ever wonder what the real hydrogen bomb looks like?  Well guess what, you can find out right now and even build it yourself for around twenty bucks.  Spend a few hours working on this baby, and you’ll be proud to be known as the neighborhood disruptor.  That’s right, we take you into a high definition tutorial on how to build your very own Hydrogen / Oxygen bomb for your backyard.  You’ll also need your laptop for this one folks, don’t worry, I promise it’s not safe.

You can choose one, I used the Fuel Cell

Above are the three options you will have when creating this experiment.  When I personally did this one, I had a fuel cell which I used from a fuel cell car I received a few years back.  I did the same method I’m about to show you, and it works if you’re lucky.  But if you’re lucky, you will probably be hearing one of the loudest blasts of your life.  I mean this thing is loud like you can’t believe. This four step process will have you making your very own boom’s in a matter of time.  I hope you enjoy the fun in making this experiment!

Chemical Reaction Generator for Hydrogen / Oxygen

Materials :

• Beer Bottle or bigger
• Caustic Soda (General Cleaner)
• Half a Cup of Cold Water
• Shredded aluminum bits from a can
• A Balloon
  

Setup Instructions:

1. Put your pieces of aluminum into the can, and cover them slightly with tap water
2. Place your beer bottle into a nice cool tub of cold water (overheat)
3. Add the Caustic Soda to the container (using a funnel), and strap the balloon over the top
4. Let the balloon fill up, and transfer it’s contents to the cranberry bottle underwater.
   

Electrolysis Generator for Hydrogen / Oxygen

Materials :

• A glass jar with a metal top and a plastic water bottle
• Two thick screws
• Two razor blades
• Salt and Water
• Wire
• Tubes

Setup Instructions:

1. First, drill three holes for the screws and the tubing to run through
2. Using electrical tape, join the two razors together, and make sure they don’t touch
3. Insert the screws through, and run a polarity to a razor (doens’nt matter which)
4. Run tubing from the top of the jar to to the bottle, and  seal with silicon or glue

Where the real fun comes into play

Materials :

• Longer plastic tubing
• Your hydrogen generator jar
• A laptop charger
• A Cranberry bottle and a 5 Gallon bucket (best to fit)
• A ignition source, such as a rocket fuse and a rocket ignition.
  

Setup Instructions:

1. Using your cranberry bottle, install the lighter fuse on the cap by drilling a hole through the top, and running the fuse through the top.  Be sure to glue the top so the seal does not leak or the fuse does not get wet
2. Fill with water and submerge your cranberry bottle (no top) into the water of a bucket, run the hose you have from your hydrogen generator into the bottom of the cranberry bottle.
3. Make sure that everything is ready to go, and that your hoses are correct.
4. Attach the two polarities from the laptop charger (it’s only a 12v charger it’s not dangerous) to the sides of the generator jar.  Make sure you’re using the laptop charger end that goes into your computer, not the AC wall section.
5. Bubbles will start to rise from the  jar, and fill the tube and push out the water from the cranberry bottle.  Wait until your cranberry bottle is full of the hydrogen /oxygen mix.
   

Materials :

• Rocket Fuse Ignition and cable
• A Brick
  
• A place to submerge (you don’t have to read below)
• Ear Covers

Setup Instructions:

1. Once you have taken out the bottle from the bucket, attach the lid.
2. Attach the wire to the fuse.
3. Tie a brick around the bottle so that it will sink
4. Submerge your bottle underwater in a pool or pond
5. Light it.

What’s going on here? This isn’t a real Hydrogen Bomb!

You are separating the H from the O in H2O.  Because Hydrogen and pure oxygen are both highly combustive, they will blow up at a very fast speed.  When you mix the two gases together you create a even more of a boom.  This is the real “Hydrogen Bomb”, except we are doing the splitting of a compound the easy way!

Tips and Safety Precautions:

• This is for observation only, do not attempt on your own.  I am not responsible for yours or anyone’s actions.
  
• If you don’t submerse the bottle, there is a higher chance of shrapnel flying.
• This is very dangerous at all times of the experiment, both gases are highly explosive.
• When you transfer the cranberry bottle from the 5 gallon bucket, be sure that no gas escapes.  You may use tape to black the exit while you screw on the top including the fuse.
• The fuse needs to stay dry!  I was lucky when it took underwater, but you might not be.  Make sure that your fuse is good and ready to go.
  
• Don’t add more fuses as the ignition won’t light more then one (not enough current).
• The total cost for this experiment is around 10-20$ where most of the money goes to the ignition.

Questions? Comments?  Need help?  Leave a comment for anything you need answered.  Give credit where credit is due!

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Pick Your Explosive

Fill the Balloon

Fill It With Butane:

1. Be sure not to spark when doing the lighter
2. Bend the hairspray, axe, and butane filler to add fuel
3. Hold the fillers upside down for more effect

Create the fuse

1. Use toilet paper for the main fuse (wrap it up into a long fuse shape)
2. Tape it on on the balloon

Light it and Run!

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