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colah committed Dec 16, 2011
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* No.
* You can't answer the largest size of rocket one might use?
* No.
* Tne thousand feet?
* Ten thousand feet?
* A large one, maybe.
* In terms amount of the energy, you'd need a lot of material.
* I don't think so.
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* Yes. I'd note that an explosion is different from detonation. It a deflaration.
* With explosives, you have a detonation.
* Classic pipe bomb with black powder. It burns at less than supersonic speeds, but it still explodes.
* Faster than teh speeds of sound?
* Faster than the speeds of sound?
* In that material.
* There's a shock wave because it goes across the substance faster...
* Yes.
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* How many batches would one have to do, given that lab equipment.
* Quite a few... Could we got back to the pictures?
* We have one liter beakers it seems on the left side.
* If you were courageous enough to make 200 grams at a time, that would be fifteen batches... A small batch would be fine grams.
* If you were courageous enough to make 200 grams at a time, that would be fifteen batches... A small batch would be five grams.
* 200 grams is getting to a level that would be dangerous, for making it by hand... Where does it become more dangerous?
* It depends on your experience, and your comfort.
* What about you.
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* Yes. I just use cold water.
* To neutralize the acid?
* Yes.
* And in fact, any time you're working with an acid, it is a good safety precaution fo have a sodium bicarbonate solution on hand?
* And in fact, any time you're working with an acid, it is a good safety precaution of have a sodium bicarbonate solution on hand?
* Some people just use water...
* Then you would purify it with methyl hydrate
* And you wouldn't put it in type with a heating element?
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* You said you'd have to test them in designing efficient fuels...
* Yes.
* How would you do that?
* I'd make it and take it to a
* I'd make it and take it to a remote region to rest.
* Would 500 grams be enough TATP to make a bomb?
* Yes.
* How much TATP do you need to be a bomb?
* You'd need about 10 grams for a detonator.
* ... If you were making a booster as well, 50 grams.
* Can TATP go off if you
* Can TATP go off if you drop it?
* If it is in a container?
* You said they could make three quarters kilograms of Amonium Nitrate... Is that a big explosion?
* It could hurt people in a small space.
* An explosive doesn't have to be for hurting people. It could be for blowing up a safe?
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