Silly Putty bomb?
GRR173
I've heard (from a dubious source) that the toy Silly Putty can be used to
make an explosive. Does anyone have information about this or can help me
find someone who does? Thank you for any help.
Bill Nelson
GRR173 (grr...@aol.com) wrote:
: I've heard (from a dubious source) that the toy Silly Putty can be used to
: make an explosive. Does anyone have information about this or can help me
: find someone who does? Thank you for any help.
You are correct, your source is dubious - at best.
Bill
Greg Gallacci
Hi,
Ah yes, the silly-putty bomb.
This was started as a joke, but it really makes silly-putty.
Basically, somebody posted a recipe for silly-putty, and called it
C-4.
Then some college decided to censor this information because of
the C-4 in the recipe.
The rest is mangled history.
The recipe:
Dissolve Borax powder in a small amount of water, mix about even
amounts of clean water and Elmers glue, and add small amounts of the Borax
solution until the slop starts to thicken.
Stir it a bunch more, then let it sit for a few minutes.
Depending on how much Borax mixes with the glue, your C-4 will be
thin and Gakky, or thick and putty-like.
Greg Gallacci
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The Grim Reaper
GRR173 wrote:
>
> I've heard (from a dubious source) that the toy Silly Putty can be used to
> make an explosive. Does anyone have information about this or can help me
> find someone who does? Thank you for any help.
Figures your a fuckin' AOL user...
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Douglas Ready
: I've heard (from a dubious source) that the toy Silly Putty can be used to
: make an explosive. Does anyone have information about this or can help me
: find someone who does? Thank you for any help.
If you can find out what exactly is in Silly Putty,
I'm pretty sure somebody can come up with a recipe
to make something nasty out of it.
Sorry I don't have any specific info on this one,
but I have always been amazed by how many common
chemicals can be made to do all kinds of "interesting"
and deadly things. It seems like wherever I land a
job in the industry they have more problems preventing
things from going BANG or gassing off toxic fumes
than the other way round.
I strongly urge all my fellow "back yard bangsters"
to pursue careers in the chemical industry. You will
learn all kinds of neat stuff they don't teach in
the "cookbooks" and you will be able to swipe all
sorts of neat-o lab equipment, reagents, etc.
Back on the subject at hand: Without knowing the
chemical composition of Silly Putty, I offer the
following suggestions, at least one of which is
likely to produce a satisfyingly vigorous reaction
and maybe even a bounce-able plastic explosive:
1. Hit it with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric
acids. If it has any "Hydrox" in it, it will
convert to "Nitro-something-or-other" which
will probably blow up if you smack it hard
enough.
2. Zap it with Ozone. If it has "Multi-Bonds"
in it, it will absorb the ozone and make
"Peroxide-of-something-or-other" which will
probably blow up if you smack it hard enough.
3. Smoke it with Fluorine. This stuff reacts
with most everything. If it has "Silicone"
in it, it will react vigorously to give
something nasty, though I forget exactly
what.
4. Dip it in liquid oxygen and then throw it
hard against a brick wall. If it has organic
stuff that absorbs oxygen, it will probably
blow up on impact. I know this works with
rats which are mostly water and organic matter,
so it might work with Silly Putty.
5. If you mix it with phosgene, prussic acid,
and/or white phosphorous, it will probably
become:
spontaneously combustable,
explosive and/or,
toxic.
I'm sure there are lots more neat things you
can do with Silly Putty, but I think you get
the general idea by now, no? Hell, just use
your imagination!
Have Fun!
/\/\../\/\
`' Beavis
John C. Stephens III
In <9609272142593...@delphi.com> dfr...@delphi.com (Douglas Ready)
writes:
>
(snip)
>
>4. Dip it in liquid oxygen and then throw it
> hard against a brick wall. If it has organic
> stuff that absorbs oxygen, it will probably
> blow up on impact. I know this works with
> rats which are mostly water and organic matter,
> so it might work with Silly Putty.
>
Exploding rats? I LOVE IT! Tell me more!
John
Gerald L. Hurst
In article <52fl6t$l...@bashir.peak.org>, bi...@PEAK.ORG (Bill Nelson) says:
>
>GRR173 (grr...@aol.com) wrote:
>: I've heard (from a dubious source) that the toy Silly Putty can be used to
>: make an explosive. Does anyone have information about this or can help me
>: find someone who does? Thank you for any help.
>
>
sci.chem in which a chemist responded to a request for a C-4 recipe
with a method of making a silly putty-like material he used to
entertain his kids. As I recall the process was the one using Elmer's
glue and, I believe, sodium borate. The product is not really
Silly Putty as the latter is a silicone based composition.
The "recipe" has been repeated several times in sci.chem so I assume
that it does indeed produce a nice non-explosive and otherwise non-
hazardous but entertaining substance. The explosive connection was
simply a humorous allusion to the comparable plastic properties of C-4.
Jerry (Ico)
William
Silly putty is a cross-linked silicone polymer.
The "silly putty recipe" was a cross-linked Vinyl Alcohol polymer.
A web search on silly putty will turn up interesting information, like
where to buy the stuff in 100 lb quantitites...
Silicones are pretty inert, chemically, so it would be tough to "make"
silly putty into much of anything.
BillW
Dennis Griesser
In article <52fot2$4...@nntp4.u.washington.edu>, psy...@u.washington.edu
(Greg Gallacci) wrote:
> Ah yes, the silly-putty bomb.
> This was started as a joke, but it really makes silly-putty.
> Basically, somebody posted a recipe for silly-putty, and called it
> C-4.
There was a much earlier thread on this subject. Years ago.
Somebody claimed that Silly Putty was made from "denitrated" plastic explosives.
He claimed that all you had to do to make a bomb was to "re-nitrate" it.
The late great Larry Lippman slammed that one.
--
Larry, my kitty sends her love.
ex...@usa.net
On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:53:18 -0400, The Grim Reaper <de...@hades.gov>
wrote:
>GRR173 wrote:
>>
>> I've heard (from a dubious source) that the toy Silly Putty can be used to
>> make an explosive. Does anyone have information about this or can help me
>> find someone who does? Thank you for any help.
>
>Figures your a fuckin' AOL user...
>
>--
>
> Magnum
>
>A.K.A. The Grim Reaper
> The Assassin
>E-mail mag...@camalottbbs.com
> mag...@montego.com
> de...@hades.gov
>IRC Assassin
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>--
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> "And the fourth horse was pale, and it's riders name was Death..."
> -Revelations,6:8
And the fifth horse was called ASSHOLE.
Give me a break assassin, grim reaper, fuck head. You sound like
dickhead who reads too many novels and thinks you're a hardass. Ever
serve your country? Ever been in a fire-fight? Ever been evac'd out
of the Central Highlands?
Fuck you--and the "horse" you rode in on.
Dan Major
bi...@puli.cisco.com (William ) writes:
I dunno 'bout that. I've been trying out some comps using
silicone based greases and glues. Some promise there for
propellents and strobe type mixes.
Gorn...@akamail.com
ex...@usa.net wrote:
->On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:53:18 -0400, The Grim Reaper
<de...@hades.gov>
->wrote:
->
->>GRR173 wrote:
->>>
->>> I've heard (from a dubious source) that the toy Silly Putty can
be used to
->>> make an explosive. Does anyone have information about this or can
help me
->>> find someone who does? Thank you for any help.
->>
->>Figures your a fuckin' AOL user...
->>
->>--
->>
->> Magnum
->>
->>A.K.A. The Grim Reaper
->> The Assassin
->>E-mail mag...@camalottbbs.com
->> mag...@montego.com
->> de...@hades.gov
->>IRC Assassin
->>
->>--
->>
->> "And the fourth horse was pale, and it's riders name was
Death..."
->> -Revelations,6:8
->
->
->And the fifth horse was called ASSHOLE.
->
->Give me a break assassin, grim reaper, fuck head. You sound like
->dickhead who reads too many novels and thinks you're a hardass.
Ever
->serve your country? Ever been in a fire-fight? Ever been evac'd
out
->of the Central Highlands?
->
->Fuck you--and the "horse" you rode in on.
funny ole world, innit.
Y'see, those of us who have REALLY had their asses against the wall,
who REALLY discovered what Tet meant, who were really in a "number
ten" situation, who really ever used the words "didi mao". have become
tolerant enuff to let guys like this get away with their fantasies.
You don't have to have been in a firefight to shit yourself. Let the
kids learn in their own way. Nobody really gives a fuck what you did,
in YOUR war, cowboy-worse than that, some of us don't even believe YOU
were there!!!
What did they use to evacuate YOU out of the highlands? A Huey, or a
heavy episode of "Tour of Duty".
We faught someone else's war and got our asses seriously fucked. And
if you ever got a pungee thru yer foot, you know what I mean. let's be
grateful that NO sucker has to go fight someone else's shit. And let's
stop SHOWING OFF to a bunch of kids. I WAS there. About you, I have my
doubts...
And posting off topic is seriously number 10
Ruffalo Bill
P.S. next time you post shit like this, I want name.. rank, and serial
number, otherwise...