Sunday, January 23, 2011

Calcium is good for you.



As always, be careful and don't do anything wrong with this info.  Get some calcium carbide. This is the stuff that is used in carbide lamps and can be found at most hardware stores. Take a few pieces of this stuff (looks like gravel) and put it in a glass jar with some water. Screw a lid on tightly. The carbide will react with water to produce acetylene carbonate which is similar to the gas used in cutting torches. Eventually the glass with explode from internal pressure. If you leave a burning rag nearby, you will get a nice fireball! 

This isn't too useful as an explosive but if you wanted to create a distraction with a time delay or just startle the hell out of somebody it might be good to know.  Now if you placed the glass container in the back of somebody's car and they happened to be a smoker you might be able to cause some burns, but it really isn't likely, and when you failed, you'd lose the element of surpise.  Sends a pretty clear message though if you're into that kind of thing. 

Really though, this is more suited for strategical use then actually hurting anybody IMO.

Squeaked by Anonymouse at 5:39 PM

18 comments:

  1. ChrisJanuary 23, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    This could be useful info. I like to blow stuff up, not hurt anybody so this looks like fun.
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  2. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    I feel like someone can and will use this knowledge for evil, lol.

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  3. AnonymouseJanuary 23, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    yeah, they say knowledge is power...

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  4. Con QuesoJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    lol, I sense a few more high school shenanigans will be coming up this week.

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  5. TheDude748January 24, 2011 at 1:45 AM

    Yay, explosions! Thanks for the post :)

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  6. DooJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    Hah, interesting info! thanks

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  7. PikamitsuJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    A big fat distraction, eh? Anything exploding could distract someone, but this is more like a mini-frag grenade.

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  8. TenythJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    I like distractions.
    That's quite interesting.

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  9. brotosteroneJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Distractions, yep

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  10. DutchAnonJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    lol, I dont think I am going to use this. I will probably do something wrong :P thnx for the share though.

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  11. James BurrowJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Im a clumsy ass so me not doing it.

    Any helps and i will help u ;)

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  12. DudemeisterJanuary 24, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Did you know milk is basically liquid bone? True story.

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  13. watchmanJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    well...you COULD use it to stop school if you had a test that day

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    knowing my luck i would blow off my face

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  15. the WizardJanuary 24, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    Please be careful with Carbides! Especially this method could do you severe harm, because the pressure in the glass could become too high, causing an explosion (exothermal reaction with itself).

    http://postsuccesful.blogspot.com/

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  16. AnonymouseJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    yeah but that's kind of the point wizard.

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  17. MetatronJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Awesome, some Jason Bourne shit right there.

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  18. joeblackJanuary 25, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    an apple a day keeps the doctor away!

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