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Well, here it is, the long awaited even-less-self-destructive new
release of The Big Book Of Mischief. Please send reviews to address above.

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS VERSION! The older, less accurate version is still
on the FTP sites and many BBS systems, please upload this release, if only
to propagate the new e-mail address.

In all honesty, many of the changes have been from suggestionsposted to rec.pyrotechnics, as well as some of the new material. I'd give
credit to individuals but that would mean another section just for the Names.

RELEASE 1.5

COPYRIGHT 1993
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Table of Contents

SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Basic Safety Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
How ToMix Dry Ingredients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

BUYING EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Propellants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Explosives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

PREPARATION OF CHEMICALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

EXPLOSIVE FORMULAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Explosive Theory. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Impact Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Low Order Explosives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
High Order Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

COMPRESSED GAS BOMBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Bottled Gas Explosives. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 33
Dry Ice Bombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

USING EXPLOSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ignition Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Impact Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Electrical Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Electro-mechanical Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Delays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

EXPLOSIVE CASINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Paper Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Metal Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Primed Explosive Casings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Glass Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Plastic Containers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

ADVANCED USES FOR EXPLOSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tube Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Atomized Particle Explosions. . . . . . . . . . . . 57

SPECIAL AMMUNITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Primitive Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 59
Compressed Air/Gas Weapons. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

ROCKETS AND CANNONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

VISUAL PYROTECHNICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Smoke Bombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Colored Flames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

MORE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

USEFUL CHEMICALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

FUEL-OXIDIZER MIXTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

USEFULPYROCHEMISTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

SAFETY

Safety is an important concern in many activities, but it is even more
important when working with explosives and related compounds. If you have
an accident with a power tool you can permanently maim or kill yourself. An
automobile accident can not only kill yourself, but a dozen or more others
who have the bad luck...