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In article <mktjadx.727905009@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>, mktjadx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Jeff A. Dilcher) writes:
|> 
|> On some news show I saw where one town outlawed the sale of Dran-o because
|> kids were making "mail bombs" with it.  Now, I am no mail bomber, but I
|> would like to know how Dran-o is utilized to make mail bombs. 
|> 
|> Anyone know?

Probably the same way that it was used here for a similar purpose. Draino
contains caustic soda which reacts with aluminium metal to give of gaseous
hydrogen. By placing this mixture in a large glass bottle and skrewing on
the lid, tying an oily rag around the bottle which you ignite. The rest 
can be left to the imagination, suffice it to say that this kind of device
was responsible for seriously maiming a lady who's letter box was to be
destroyed. I certainly DON'T recommend this type of unreliable, dangerous
and primitive device. No noise maker should contain glass or any other
schrapnel producing material. I hope that most of the people who contribute
to this group wouldn't be so stupid.

Mark.

In article <mktjadx.727905009@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>, mktjadx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu 
(Jeff A. Dilcher) writes:
> 
> On some news show I saw where one town outlawed the sale of Dran-o because
> kids were making "mail bombs" with it.  Now, I am no mail bomber, but I
> would like to know how Dran-o is utilized to make mail bombs. 
> 
> Anyone know?


	Someone mentioned blowing up mailboxes a couple of weeks ago, using a
2 Liter plastic bottle, Aluminum foil and Hydrochloric Acid (HCl).  HCl reacts
with the foil, forming Hydrogen gas, which causes the capped bottle to burst.
I'm assuming that the kids were using Drano (Sodium Hydroxide) to dissolve
the foil, since Drano will also dissolve Aluminum and liberate Hydrogen.

	Mailboxes, huh?  Sheesh!  Well, maybe the Postal Service can also 
charge the little urchins for putting something in the mailbox without a 
stamp.


Ken

 

as a matter of fact, i believe it is a federal crime to tamper with
mailboxes.  

in any case, i had another idea, but i believe i accidentally sent it
via email when i was up late last night. (sorry!)
it involves gluing some flint to the metal grating that keeps the box shut,
or even to the lip of the box itself.  when someone pulls the lid open,
welcome spark, which ignites the H2 (drano+aluminum->H2 again)

dinesh

In article <C1ED96.ADq@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> fernee@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Mark Fernee) writes:
>In article <mktjadx.727905009@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>, mktjadx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Jeff A. Dilcher) writes:
>|> 
>|> On some news show I saw where one town outlawed the sale of Dran-o because
>|> kids were making "mail bombs" with it.  Now, I am no mail bomber, but I
>|> would like to know how Dran-o is utilized to make mail bombs. 
>|> 
>|> Anyone know?
>
>Probably the same way that it was used here for a similar purpose. Draino
>contains caustic soda which reacts with aluminium metal to give of gaseous
>hydrogen. By placing this mixture in a large glass bottle and skrewing on
>the lid, tying an oily rag around the bottle which you ignite. The rest 
>can be left to the imagination, suffice it to say that this kind of device
>was responsible for seriously maiming a lady who's letter box was to be
>destroyed. I certainly DON'T recommend this type of unreliable, dangerous
>and primitive device. No noise maker should contain glass or any other
>schrapnel producing material. I hope that most of the people who contribute
>to this group wouldn't be so stupid.
>
>Mark.
>

	Hey all!  I'm new to this newsgroup, so pardon the insuffecient
knowledge.  I do know that when I was in my youth and thought that I was 
Immortal, we used to take crystal drano and mixed it with aluminum foil.  Then
we would put that in a glass bottle and poured some water in it and put the
lid on tight, shook it up and tossed it and RAN like hell.  It usually blew
up and threw glass and everything else everywhere.  It was a cute little
device to blow up treehouses (in my youth of course).  Sometimes it would just
leak out the top and blow the lid off.  It was a pretty effective device, and
we were lucky we were never hurt.  
	If you wanted to make a drano bomb for the mail, you could put the
drano/aluminum foil in a glass bottle with some pins or sharp objects, and
put water in a balloon (in the bottle already) or some kind of plastic bag.
Then when the bottle is shook up (mailed and tossed around), the bottle or
balloon would puncture, releasing water into the jar, and would mix with the
drano.  Then guess what happens in your local postal office?  KAAAABOOOOM!
Of course you put the jar in thin box or something.  Not too much fun for
the good old U.S. postal service, but none the less fun for some demented
kids.

Mike Maryo     mmaryo@udecc.engr.udayton.edu