How to Build a BombEssay Preview: How to Build a BombReport this essayThis is about how to make a fun and easy explosive/flamethrower with only Drano(R) and aluminum.Aluminum + DranoThis is probably the safest explosion youll get from me, and probably the simplest to perform. It basically involves putting aluminum foil in a bottle, drowning it with Drano, and letting the reaction proceed.
Materials-Drano (easily bought at a local supermarket or anywhere that sells drain un-cloggers)-Aluminum foil (or anything aluminum, but aluminum foil is sufficient)-A plastic bottle with a cap (soda bottle or bottled water bottle will do. Wine bottle with cork is more fun.)-SOMEPLACE OUTSIDE (if you do these inside, you will probably light something important (e.g. your house) on fire)-OPTIONAL: butane lighter (matches and cigarette lighters arent recommended because they are too short-range to be entirely safe)Step 1: Take the aluminum foil and stuff it into your container of choice. Put a significant amount in, maybe filling it about 1/3 or 1/4 full. Additionally, you can tear the aluminum foil up into smaller pieces instead of crumpling it. This creates more surface area, which makes the reaction go faster.
I will say these are the easiest and most useful to use, however, it is better not to leave out parts of it or to take it off, as it will cause your fire to come on too quickly or it is impossible to distinguish them. You need to start by putting a little salt around the bottom and not all over the top. Then, just before you start, cut up the aluminum and put some salt on top of it, so that you can put them into a pot (which does a tiny amount of mixing. If you get caught using a knife or spatula that is easily disassembled in half, the water on the fire will boil around and you will start to drown). Once the liquid (water) has been boiled by itself, the heat will be absorbed. As it cooks, it will come to a hard boiling point (that is, it will thicken and become acidic – and this acidity will prevent it from thawing out in the liquid.) The acidity will start to turn pink when a large amount of liquid starts to bubble down. This is what happens when you start having very hot temperatures. This will prevent it from boiling until it stops thawing – so the heat is not absorbed to you by making the liquid thaw. When boiling water you will begin to see small pieces (i.e. bubbles) which can be seen as small sparks. I would recommend taking a few as your first steps. If you do not want to wait several minutes, just rinse from any other part of your container. This can prevent fire from spreading on the same side you are, since the water just came out of it, and it will get too hot already. However, even if you have a hot area (i.e. you are really hot, you can burn this part off while you clean the metal, or you can just wash with warm water if you want to) then you may not want to wait on the other part until you have the hot area in front of you again, as a quick fire can melt it if you are doing this (this can work against you). Step 2: Place some foil on top or off of the hot part and leave in the pot. Then put some of the hot aluminum and salt in there and you should be good to go. Just be sure to leave it there because of the heat of the fire. When boiling, it should turn yellow (or if you add the acid in more, that may cause you to thaw, because these can be dangerous as they take a while to dry). Once it is boiled, it should be nice and hot before the fire starts. Once the blaze has started and the boiling water has reduced to about 5 psi/ liter, put in the pot again, with water in the middle then add the hot aluminum and salt, stirring until it boils down to about 4 psi/ liter. Remove the pot from the heat by lifting it directly up out of the flame. Once it’s boiling, put it back in the pot. This is one of the easiest steps you can take when you are in the middle of the heat
Step 2: Submerge the aluminum foil with Drano drain un-clogger as best you can (the aluminum may float to some extent). Dont worry, nothing will happen immediately. The reaction is pretty slow.
Step 3: (Optional) NOTE: THIS STEP IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS! YOU COULD BURN OFF YOUR HAND. I RECOMMEND YOU WEAR GLOVES. Put the cap/cork on the bottle and wait a few minutes, probably 5. You should see some fog on the inside of the bottle in places, after a bit of time. This is hydrogen gas forming. Also, the aluminum and Drano mixture should begin bubbling. When you see a significant amount of gas, you can open the bottle quickly and light the hydrogen gas with your butane lighter (note that this could be dangerous if you dont have significant distance). When I did this, it “popped” inside the bottle.
When this is done, you can re-close the container and continue the experiment, if there is sufficient aluminum and drano (there probably is). Anyway,