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Acetone

The document outlines a procedure for creating a powerful primary explosive using acetone, hydrogen peroxide, and sulfuric acid. It details the necessary materials, cooling methods, and safety precautions during the mixing process. The final product can be used in homemade detonators, but it emphasizes the need for caution due to its sensitivity to shock, friction, and flame.

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Acetone

The document outlines a procedure for creating a powerful primary explosive using acetone, hydrogen peroxide, and sulfuric acid. It details the necessary materials, cooling methods, and safety precautions during the mixing process. The final product can be used in homemade detonators, but it emphasizes the need for caution due to its sensitivity to shock, friction, and flame.

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You need:

acetone (hardware, paint store)

hydrogen peroxide (hair bleach type – 15 volume or higher – hair/cosmetics store)

sulfuric acid (concentrated; if you use battery acid,boil until white fumes appear to remove all of the
water)

You also need a thermometer, ice, salt, and containers.

Procedure:

Combine 30 milliliters of acetone and 50 milliliters of hydrogen peroxide into a glass container and mix
thoroughly.

The container must now be put into ice/salt water and cooled to below 5 degrees Celsius. The easiest
way to do this: take a coffee can, put in water and salt to about half full, put container (empty) into can,
put plastic lid on can to keep container from floating, put can in freezer, when water is frozen, take out,
remove lid, proceed. This will provide excellent cooling and also keep container from floating.

Now, put a thermometer in the mixture. When it is below 5 degrees Celsius, start putting in the sulfuric
acid, one drop at a time. Keep stirring and watching the thermometer. Adding the acid produces heat; if
it gets up to 10 degrees, stop adding acid and wait for it to cool. You need to add a total of 2.5 milliliters
of sulfuric acid, one drop at a time.

What happens if the temp gets significantly higher than 10 degrees? I don’t know, because I never let it
happen. The BlackBook usually warns you if you are in danger, and there is no warning here, but still,
don’t try it! Keep the temperature down. Also watch the acid, as it tends to splatter.

Keep stirring for a couple minutes after adding all the acid. Put the container in the fridge (not freezer)
and let it sit overnight. When you get it out the next morning, there will be a white precipitate on the
bottom.

Pour the solution through a coffee filter, paper towel, or other filtering paper. This will collect the
precipitate. Pour a couple of spoonfuls of ice-cold water through the towel to remove acid. Now set the
paper out to dry. The resulting powder/crystals are a very powerful primary explosive. According to the
book, “Keep away from shock, friction, and flame.”

This material can be loaded into a 2.5 inch length of brass or copper tubing and pressed down to make
blasting caps. The pressing may be hazardous – the book details the manufacture of a loading press
which includes a shield to protect the user. The book says this type of blasting cap will detonate most
homemade explosives without a booster explosive: “Acetone peroxide is a very powerful initiator and
can be used by itself as the main filler when making homemade detonators.”

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