[119059] in Cypherpunks
Re: JFA all wet (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Wed Oct 13 20:22:32 1999
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 19:16:58 -0500 (CDT)
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----- Forwarded message from Anonymous -----
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 01:52:11 +0200 (CEST)
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Subject: CDR: Re: JFA all wet
At 09:55 AM 10/13/99 -0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
>Aluminum has such a strong desire to oxidize that it has to be reduced
>from its ore by electrolysis.
Ahh, the Hall process. Turned the metal from semi-precious
to something you wrap food in.
I doubt a little moisture is going to
>stand in the way of the reaction. Damp thermite still burns nicely,
>last I looked.
Perhaps. But you need fully dessicated ammonium nitrate
in 'prill' form to mix anfo. And AN is very hygroscopic.
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And let's ignore the fact the fuel oil is hydrophobic, or the fact that to
light the aluminum will likely cook off any water in the immediate vicinty.
But this is really missing the point.
The reason you use aluminum is that it begins to burn at 600F, which means
once you start it that should release enough energy to cook the AN off causing
a nice boom as it oxidizes.
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