He and friend in desert. Friend places gas can with gasoline on rock. Fills ping-pong ball with drano and tapes over hole. Places drano/ball in
gasoline. Some little time later an explosion ensues.
I cannot think of a reason for such a reaction. Anybody know anything about this?roamingnome - 2-3-2007 at 10:48
a old ex-navy guy with plenty of stories.. has told me four variations of this...
the H2SO4 creates heat and heat and gas go boom....DeAdFX - 2-3-2007 at 12:09
Drano is a mixture of Sodium salts; hypochlorite, silicate, and hydroxide.
edit: I am doubtful that such a diluted source of hypochlorite can do shit other than clean toilets and sinks.
[Edited on 2-3-2007 by DeAdFX]halogen - 2-3-2007 at 12:25
There, Hypochlorite! There has been extensive discussion on hypochlorite/hydrocarbon mixtures as explosives on roguesci. This, if indeed something did
occur, is likely at the root.gregxy - 2-3-2007 at 13:31
Drano contains aluminum chips as well which react with the
NaOH in water and cause it to get hot and boil. In a
hydrocarbon I dont think that this would happen. It seems
that the pingpong ball would just melt and the drano would
fall to the bottom of the can and sit there.pyromainiac420 - 3-3-2007 at 08:54
i would immagine this would work..some one try it and video tape it franklyn - 3-3-2007 at 09:05
There are so many variations of this it's hard to guess what the mode of action
is without knowing the exact ingredients used. I stress K N O W I N G and not
assuming or surmising what is used. Gasoline may contain antiknock additives
such Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether MBTE. This formulation is being phased out
and is already banned by many states. _ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTBE
Concoctions range from the stupid , see _ http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=6132#p...
To the practical such as that of the Molotov cocktail which requires the
reactants to be separated by the glass bottle because the effect is
instantaneous. A variation on this has been posted here _ http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=6575
.Levi - 14-3-2007 at 10:09
Quote:
Originally posted by halogen
There, Hypochlorite! There has been extensive discussion on hypochlorite/hydrocarbon mixtures as explosives on roguesci. This, if indeed something did
occur, is likely at the root.
That reminds me, I heard of some scare over a parcel that contained gasoline and Comet® cleanser. The authorities said it was a potentially
explosive mixture but it never did so much as fizzle when I tested it myself. Is there supposed to be a critical amount for it to work? The
experiment I did was extremely small but I figured if the parcel was at all dangerous I should be able to get some kind of reaction from it even in
the small quantity I tried.
I believe comet is mostly calcium hypochlorite but it doesn't list its ingredients on the container. Has anyone seen this mix do anything or are
the authorities full of bologna?
