I've done that with NaNO4 (sodium nitrate)A mate grabbed it (on the sly) from a full packet whilst I was driving. How he manageed to get the one marked ciggie from a nearly full packet I'll never know. But It filled the car with smoke and flying embers rapidly. Burnt the bejesus out of his t-shirt and fingers too.
Sereved him right, the theiving bastard.
(Sereved him right, the theiving bastard.
Vermin,
Wed 22 Oct 2003, 9:32,
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some more chemistry-related mayhem...A good few years back, a mate and I managed to locate some magnesium tape from the chemistry lab at school and had been saving it for a rainy day. We had it in for one of my mates neighbours - something to do with them cutting down a tree we used to climb in and decided to take our revenge. We cut a tin can with a slot down the side so that it fit nicely around the hinge of the neighbours' gate. We then filled the can with a mixture of iron oxide (rust) and some aluminium powder (also from the chemistry lab), stuck the magnesium tape into it, lit it and ran. For the non-chemists out there, this causes what's called the Thermit reaction, which means basically that the aluminium grabs the oxide from the rust leaving pure, molten iron. Hurrah! We then waited for the neighbour to come home...only to find his gate welded shut at the hinge. Oh how we laughed. Looking back, this was pretty evil, I guess, but we was only young...Anyway, the neighbour had to park his car out front for two weeks till someone had come round to de-weld the hinge and somehow we never got found out... if you're out there Mr neighbour - serves you right for cutting down our tree!
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ChairmanMiaow Stop! Look! Kitten!,
Wed 22 Oct 2003, 16:38,
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