     !!! MAKE NITROGLYCERIN !!! 
       Written by: KARL MARX 
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CH2ONO2 
!                   3/2 N2 + 3 CO2 
CHONO2  --------->     + 
!        IGNITION   5/2 H2O + 1/4 O2 
CH2ONO2 
 
(HOW NITRO EXPLODES--NOTE THAT THE BYPRODUCTS ARE NOTHING BUT NITROGEN, CARBON 
DIOXIDE, WATER AND OXYGEN) 
 
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NITROGLYCERIN [HERETOFORE NITRO] IS A VERY POWERFUL HIGH-EXPLOSIVE.  I AM NOT 
SURE WHO INVENTED IT BUT HE PROBABLY DIDN'T--THE FIRST PERSON TO MAKE IT 
PROBABLY BLEW HIMSELF UP AND HIS FREIND GOT THE INFO OFF HIS NOTES.  WELL 
ANYWAY, THE NEXT BEST THING TO NITRO IS TNT WHICH IS TEN TIMES HARDER TO MAKE 
BUT ALSO TEN TIMES SAFER TO MAKE.  IF YOU CAN'T USE NSE THEN DON'T EVEN TRY TO 
MAKE THIS STUFF--A FEW DROPS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY RESULTS. 
 
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     TO MAKE NITRO: 
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MIX 100 PARTS FUMING NITRIC ACID (FOR BEST RESULTS IT SHOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC 
GRAVITY OF 50 DEGREES BAUME') WITH 200 PARTS SULPHURIC ACID.  THIS IS GOING TO 
BE HOT AT FIRST--IT WON'T SPLATTER IF YOU POUR THE NITRIC INTO THE SULPHURIC 
BUT DON'T TRY IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.  THE ACID SOLUTIONS TOGETHER CAN DISOLVE 
FLESH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS SO TAKE THE PROPER MEASURES FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! 
WHEN COOL, ADD 38 PARTS GLYCERIN AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE.  LET IT TRICKLE DOWN 
THE SIDES OF THE CONTAINER INTO THE ACIDS OR IT WON'T MIX THOURILY AND THE 
REACTION COULD GO TO FAST--WHICH CAUSES ENOUGH HEAD TO IGNITE THE STUFF.  STIR 
WITH A **GLASS** ROD FOR 15 SECONDS OR SO THE CAREFULLY POUR IT INTO 20 TIMES 
IT'S *VOLUME* OF WATER.  IT WILL VISIBLY PRECIPITATE IMMEDIATLY.  THERE WILL BE 
TWICE AS MUCH NITRO AS YOU USED GLYCERIN AND IT IS EASY TO SEPARATE.  MIX IT 
WITH BAKING SODA AS SOON AS YOU HAVE SEPARATED IT--THIS HELPS IT NOT TO GO OFF 
SPONTAINOUSLY. 
 
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NOTES:  PARTS ARE BY WEIGHT AND THE BAUME' SCALE OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY CAN BE 
FOUND IN MOST CHEM. BOOKS.  YOU CAN GET FUMING NITRIC AND SULFURIC ACIDS 
WHEREEVER GOOD CHEMICALS OR FERTILIZERS ARE SOLD.  IT IS POSITIVLY *STUPID* TO 
MAKE MORE THAN 200 GRAMS OF NITRO AT A TIME.  WHEN MIXING THE STUFF WEAR 
GOGGLYS, GLOVES, ETC.  WHEN I FIRST MADE THE STUFF I HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING IT 
GO OFF BY ITSELF (I ADDED TOO MUCH GLYCERINE AT A TIME.)  I WAS ACROSS THE ROOM 
AT THE TIME, BUT I FELT THE IMPACT--SO DID THE TABLE IT WAS ON AS WELL AS THE 
WINDOW IT WAS NEXT TO--THEY WERE BOTH SMASHED BY ONLY 25 GRAMS IN AN OPEN BOWL. 
OH, YES, GLYCERINE YOU CAN GET ANY PHARMACY AND YOU NEED AN ADULT SIGNATURE FOR 
THE ACIDES.  ANY BUMP CAN MAKE NITRO GO OFF IF YOU DON'T ADD THE BICARBONATE OF 
(BAKING) SODA--BUT EVEN WITH THAT, IF IT GETS OLD, I WOULDN'T PLAY CATCH WITH 
IT. 
 
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ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THE NITRO AND SATURATED IT WITH BICARB. YOU CAN MAKE A 
REALLY PWERFUL EXPLOSIVE THAT WON'T GO OFF BY ITSELF BY SIMPLY MIXING IT WITH 
AS MUCH COTTON AS YOU CAN AND THEN SATURATING THAT WITH MOLTEN PARIFINE--JUST 
ENOUGH TO MAKE IT SELED AND HARD.  TYPICALLY, USE THE SAME AMOUNTS (BY WEIGHT) 
OF EACH NITRO, COTTON AND PARIFINE.  THIS, WHEN WRAPPED IN NEWSPAPER, WAS ONCE 
KNOWN AS "NORBIN & OHLSSON'S PATENT DYNAMITE," BUT THAT WAS BACK IN 1896. 
 
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR SUBPOENAS, SEND E-MAIL. 
 
:::::::::::::::::::::::KARL MARX (#167) 
 
 
 
 
