How to Make Dynamite
Dynamite is nothing more than just nitroglycerin and a stabilizing agent to make it much safer to use. The numbers are percentages, be sure to mix these .carefully and be sure to use the exact amounts. These percentages are in weight ratio, not volume.
Number. Ingredients............ Amount
1st.... Nitroglycerin.......... 32%
....... Sodium Nitrate......... 28%
....... Woodmeal............... 10%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... 29%
....... Guncotton.............. 1%
2nd.... Nitroglycerin.......... 24%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 9%
....... Sodium Nitrate......... 56%
....... Woodmeal............... 9%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... 2%
3rd.... Nitroglycerin.......... 35�%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 44�%
....... Woodmeal............... 6%
....... Guncotton.............. 2�%
....... Vaseline............... 5�%
....... Powdered Charcoal...... 6%
4th.... Nitroglycerin.......... 25%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 26%
....... Woodmeal............... 34%
....... Barium Nitrate......... 5%
....... starch................. 10%
5th.... Nitroglycerin.......... 57%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 19%
....... Woodmeal............... 9%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... 12%
....... Guncotton.............. 3%
6th.... Nitroglycerin.......... 18%
....... Sodium Nitrate......... 70%
....... Woodmeal............... 5�%
....... Potassium Chloride..... 4�%
....... Chalk.................. 2%
7th.... Nitroglycerin.......... 26%
....... Woodmeal............... 40%
....... Barium Nitrate......... 32%
....... Sodium Carbonate....... 2%
8th.... Nitroglycerin.......... 44%
....... Woodmeal............... 12%
....... Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate.. 44%
9th.... Nitroglycerin.......... 24%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 32�%
....... Woodmeal............... 33�%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... 10%
10th... Nitroglycerin.......... 26%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 33%
....... Woodmeal............... 41%
11th... Nitroglycerin.......... 15%
....... Sodium Nitrate......... 62.9%
....... Woodmeal............... 21.2%
....... Sodium Carbonate....... .9%
12th... Nitroglycerin.......... 35%
....... sodium Nitrate......... 27%
....... Woodmeal............... 10%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... 1%
13th... Nitroglycerin.......... 32%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 27%
....... Woodmeal............... 10%
....... ammonium Oxalate....... 30%
....... Guncotton.............. 1%
14th... Nitroglycerin.......... 33%
....... Woodmeal............... 10.3%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... 29%
....... Guncotton.............. (.7%)
....... Potassium Perchloride... 27%
15th... Nitroglycerin.......... 40%
....... Sodium Nitrate......... 45%
....... Woodmeal............... 15%
16th... Nitroglycerin.......... 47%
....... Starch................. 50%
....... Guncotton.............. 3%
17th... Nitroglycerin.......... 30%
.......Sodium Nitrate.......... 22.3%
....... Woodmeal............... 40�%
....... Potassium Chloride..... 7.2%
18th... Nitroglycerin.......... 50%
....... Sodium Nitrate......... 32.6%
.......Woodmeal............ 17%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... .4%
19th... Nitroglycerin.......... 23%
....... Potassium Nitrate...... 27�%
....... Woodmeal............... 37%
....... Ammonium Oxalate....... 8%
.......Barium Nitrate.......... 4%
.......Calcium Carbonate....... �%
If you can't seem to get one or more of the ingredients try another one. If you still can't, you can always buy small amounts from your school, or maybe from various chemical companies. When you do that, be sure to say as little as possible, if during the school year, and they ask, say it's for a experiment for school.
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