The Anarchist Cookbook (77 page)

potassium nitrate has been added the mixture is allowed to cool somewhat (30-40øC). The

solution should then be dumped slowly into twice it's volume of crushed ice and water. The

brilliant yellow crystals will form in the water. These should be filtered out and placed in

200 mL of boiling distilled water. This water is allowed to cool and then the crystals are

then filtered out of the water. These crystals are a very, very pure trinitrophenol. These

crystals are then placed in a pyrex dish and places in an oil bath and heated to 80øC and

held there for 2 hours. This temperature is best maintained and checked with a

thermometer.

The crystals are then powdered in small quantities to a face powder consistency. These

powdered crystals are then mixed with 10% by weight wax and 5% vaseline which are

heated to melting temperature and poured into the crystals. The mixing is best done by

kneading together with gloved hands. This explosive should have a useful plasticity range

of 0-40øC. The detonation velocity should be around 7000 m/sec.. It is toxic to handle but

simply made from common ingredients and is suitable for most demolition work requiring a

moderately high detonation velocity. It is very suitable for shaped charges and some steel

cutting charges. It is not as good an explosive as C-4 or other RDX based explosives but it

is much easier to make. Again this explosive is very toxic and should be treated with great

care.

AVOID HANDLING BARE-HANDED, BREATHING DUST AND FUMES, AVOID ANY

CHANCE OF INGESTION. AFTER UTENSILS ARE USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF

THIS EXPLOSIVE RETIRE THEM FROM THE KITCHEN AS THE CHANCE OF

POISONING IS NOT WORTH THE RISK. THIS EXPLOSIVE, IF MANUFACTURED AS

ABOVE, SHOULD BE SAFE IN STORAGE BUT WITH ANY HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVE

STORAGE OS NOT RECOMMENDED AND EXPLOSIVES SHOULD BE MADE UP AS

NEEDED.

Improvised Explosives Plastique Explosive from Bleach

This explosive is a potassium chlorate explosive. This explosive and explosives of similar

composition were used in World War II as the main explosive filler in grenades, land mines,

and mortar used by French, German, and other forces involved in that conflict. These

explosives are relatively safe to manufacture.

One should strive to make sure these explosives are free of sulfur, sulfides, and picric

acid. The presence of these compounds result in mixtures that are or can become highly

sensitive and possibly decompose explosively while in storage. The manufacture of this

explosive from bleach is given as just an expedient method. This method of manufacturing

potassium chlorate is not economical due to the amount of energy used to boil the solution

and cause the 'dissociation' reaction to take place. This procedure does work and yields a

relatively pure and a sulfur/sulfide free product. These explosives are very cap sensitive

and require only a #3 cap for instigating detonation.

To manufacture potassium chlorate from bleach (5¬% sodium hypochlorite solution) obtain

a heat source (hot plate etc.) a battery hydrometer, a large pyrex or enameled steel

container (to weigh chemicals), and some potassium chloride (sold as salt substitute). Take

one gallon of bleach, place it in the container and begin heating it. While this solution

heats, weigh out 63 g potassium chloride and add this to the bleach being heated. Bring

this solution to a boil and boiled until when checked by a hydrometer the reading is 1.3 (if

a battery hydrometer is used it should read full charge).

When the reading is 1.3 take the solution and let it cool in the refrigerator until it's

between room temperature and 0øC. Filter out the crystals that have formed and save

them. Boil the solution again until it reads 1.3 on the hydrometer and again cool the

solution. Filter out the crystals that have formed and save them. Boil this solution again

and cool as before.

Filter and save the crystals. Take these crystals that have been saved and mix them with

distilled water in the following proportions: 56g per 100 mL distilled water. Heat this

solution until it boils and allow it to cool. Filter the solution and save the crystals that

form upon cooling. The process if purification is called fractional crystallization. These

crystals should be relatively pure potassium chlorate.

Powder these to the consistency of face powder (400 mesh) and heat gently to drive off

all moisture. Melt five parts vaseline and five parts wax. Dissolve this in white gasoline

(camp stove gasoline) and pour this liquid on 90 parts potassium chlorate (the crystals

from the above operation) in a plastic bowl. Knead this liquid into the potassium chlorate

until immediately mixed. Allow all the gasoline to evaporate. Place this explosive in a cool,

dry place. Avoid friction, sulfur, sulfide, and phosphorous compounds.

This explosive is best molded to the desired shape and density (1.3g/cc) and dipped in wax

to water proof. These block type charges guarantee the highest detonation velocity. This

explosive is really not suited to use in shaped charge applications due to its relatively low

detonation velocity. It is comparable to 40% ammonia dynamite and can be considered the

same for the sake of charge computation.

If the potassium chlorate is bought and not made it is put into the manufacture process in

the powdering stages preceding the addition of the wax/vaseline mixture. This explosive is

bristant and powerful. The addition of 2-3% aluminum powder increases its blast effect.

Detonation velocity is 3300 m/sec.

Plastique Explosives From Swimming Pool Chlorinating Compound

This explosive is a chlorate explosive from bleach. This method of production of potassium

or sodium chlorate is easier and yields a more pure product than does the plastique

explosive from bleach process.

In this reaction the HTH (calcium hypochlorite CaC10) is mixed with water and heated

with either sodium chloride (table salt, rock salt) or potassium chloride (salt substitute).

The latter of these salts is the salt of choice due to the easy crystallization of the

potassium chlorate.

This mixture will need to be boiled to ensure complete reaction of the ingredients. Obtain

some HTH swimming pool chlorination compound or equivalent (usually 65% calcium

hypochlorite). As with the bleach process mentioned earlier the reaction described below

is also a dissociation reaction. In a large pyrex glass or enameled steel container place

1200g HTH and 220g potassium chloride or 159g sodium chloride. Add enough boiling water

to dissolve the powder and boil this solution. A chalky substance (calcium chloride) will be

formed. When the formation of this chalky substance is no longer formed the solution is

filtered while boiling hot. If potassium chloride was used potassium chlorate will be

formed.

This potassium chlorate will drop out or crystallize as the clear liquid left after filtering

cools. These crystals are filtered out when the solution reaches room temperature. If the

sodium chloride salt was used this clear filtrate (clear liquid after filtration) will need to

have all water evaporated. This will leave crystals which should be saved.

These crystals should be heated in a slightly warm oven in a pyrex dish to drive off all

traces of water (40-75øC). These crystals are ground to a very fine powder (400 mesh).

If the sodium chloride salt is used in the initial step the crystallization is much more time

consuming. The potassium chloride is the salt to use as the resulting product will

crystallize out of the solution as it cools. The powdered and completely dry chlorate

crystals are kneaded together with vaseline in a plastic bowl. ALL CHLORATE BASED

EXPLOSIVES ARE SENSITIVE TO FRICTION AND SHOCK AND THESE SHOULD BE

AVOIDED. If sodium chloride is used in this explosive it will have a tendency to cake and

has a slightly lower detonation velocity.

This explosive is composed of the following:



Potassium/Sodium Chlorate 90%



Vaseline 10%

Simply pour the powder into a plastic baggy and knead in the vaseline carefully. This

explosive (especially if the Sodium Chlorate variation is used) should not be exposed to

water or moisture.

The detonation velocity can be raised to a slight extent by the addition of 2-3% aluminum

substituted for 2-3% of the vaseline. This addition of this aluminum will give the explosive

a bright flash if set off at night which will ruin night vision for a short while. The

detonation velocity of this explosive is approximately 3200 m/sec for the potassium salt

and 2900 m/sec for the sodium salt based explosive.

It was claimed above that this explosive degrades over time. I would assume that this

occurs due to the small amount of water present in the vaseline, and that a different type

of fuel would be better than the vaseline.

ASSORTED NASTIES:

Sweet-Oil

In this one you open there hood and pour some honey in their oil spout. If you have time

you might remover the oil plug first and drain some of the oil out. I have tried this one but

wasn't around to see the effects but I am sure that I did some damage.

Slow Air

OK, sneak up the victims car and poke a small hole somewhere in 2 of his/her tires. They

only have 1 spare. Now if the hole is small but there then there tire will go flat some

where on the road. You could slice the tire so this is blows out on the road with a razor

blade. Cut a long and fairly deep (don't cut a hole all the way through) and peel a little bit

of the rubber back and cut that off. Now very soon there tires will go flat or a possible

blow out at a high speed if your lucky.

Vanishing Paint

Spread a little gas or paint thinner on the victims car and this will make his paint run and

fade. Vodka will eat the paint off and so will a little 190. Eggs work great on paint if they

sit there long enough.

Loose Wheel

Loosen the lugs on you victims tires so that they will soon fall off. This can really fuck

some one up if they are cruising when the tire falls off.

Dual Neutral

This name sucks but pull the 10 bolt or what ever they have there off. (On the real wheels,

in the middle of the axle) Now throw some screws, blots, nuts and assorted things in there

and replace the cover. At this point you could chip some of the teeth off the gears.

Un-Midaser

Crawl under there car with a ratchet and loosen all the nuts on their exhaust so that it

hangs low and will fall off soon. This method also works on transmissions but is a little

harder to get all bolts off, but the harder you work the more you fuck them over.

LAUGHING GAS

Learn how to make laughing gas from ammonium nitrate. Laughing gas was one of the

earliest anesthetics. After a little while of inhaling the gas the patient became so happy

[ain't life great?] he couldn't keep from laughing. Finally he would drift off to a pleasant

sleep.

Some do-it-yourselfers have died while taking laughing gas. This is because they has

generated it through plastic bags while their heads were inside. They were simply

suffocating but were too bombed out to realize it.

The trick is to have a plastic clothes bag in which you generate a lot of the gas. Then you

stop generating the gas and hold a small opening of the bag under your nose, getting plenty

of oxygen in the meantime. Then, Whee! To make it you start with ammonium nitrate

bought from a chemical supply house or which you have purified with 100% rubbing or wood

alcohol.

First, dissolve a quantity of ammonium nitrate in some water. Then you evaporate the

water over the stove, while stirring, until you have a heavy brine. When nearly all the

moisture is out it should solidify instantly when a drop is put on an ice cold metal plate.

When ready, dump it all out on a very cold surface. After a while, break it up and store it

in a bottle.

A spoonful is put into a flask with a one-hole stopper, with a tube leading into a big plastic

bag. The flask is heated with an alcohol lamp.

When the temperature in the flask reaches 480 F the gas will generate. If white fumes

appear the heat should be lowered as the stuff explodes at 600 F.

When the bag is filled, stop the action and get ready to turn on.

CAUTION:

NýO supplants oxygen in your blood, but you don't realize it. It's easy to die from NýO

because you're suffocating and your breathing reflex doesn't know it. Do not put your

head in a plastic bag. You will cheerfully choke to death.

PIPE OR "ZIP" GUNS

Commonly known as "zip" guns, guns made from pipe have been used for years by juvenile

punks. Today's Militants make them just for the hell of it or to shoot once in an

assassination or riot and throw away if there is any danger of apprehension.

They can be used many times but with some, a length of dowel is needed to force out the

spent shell.