🚀 go-pugleaf

David R Newman wrote:
> 
> Rod Speed wrote:
> 
> > Crap. There is just a tiny problem with whats being ignited by
> > that. None of the stuff thats covered that is available to kids
> > can be ignited by that except black powder.
> 
> What about ANFO? Wouldn't a Molotov cocktail (with a longer fuse) be enough to
> ignite that (although not symmetrically)?
> 
> (I haven't asked about this in any of my local Belfast pubs, so I don't know for
> certain, but ANFO bombs are well known to many people there, and the mixture is
> easily calculated from the chemical formulae.)

no, petrol in general, and certainly in "Molotov cocktail", wouldn't
have enough shock to detonate ANFO.  The "Molotov cocktail" as a delivery
system is more about spreading sticky flame and distracting people
than doing serious damage either by flame or explosion.  If you want to 
use petrol as an explosive, you need to vaporise it and mix with air
or other accelerator and then ignite that (Don't do this at home kids!)
However the nitrated cellulose (guncotton) should have enough pressure
to detonate ANFO, and that can be ignited with almost anything.
(very unstable, esp if you haven't rinsed it enough! (self igniting))
Of course the traditional method is to buy/steal a small bit of 
commercial explosive and use that to set off a couple of tons of ANFO.

just being practical
Jennifer