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"edddy" |
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23 Feb 2005 10:00:57 PM |
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Naplm- for a mini-nuke simulator design |
(This come from a US NAvy website)
What Is Napalm?
What Is Napalm?
Napalm is a mixture of benzene (21%), gasoline (33%), and
polystyrene (46%). Benzene is a normal component of gasoline (about
2%). The gasoline used in napalm is the same leaded or unleaded gas
that you put in your car.
Gasoline is a mixture of hydrocarbons, which burn in an engine. It
is a clear liquid, made from crude oil that burns and explodes easily.
It naturally contains some benzene (which makes gas smell the way it
does). Gasoline is lighter than, and floats on, water, but it will not
mix with water. It dissolves grease and oil but will not dissolve
polystyrene by itself, more benzene must be added to it. If gasoline is
inhaled or swallowed, it can be dangerous or fatal. Breathing it
results in an intense burning sensation in the throat and lungs,
resulting in bronchitis and, eventually, pneumonia and possibly death.
Swallowing gasoline results in inebriation (drunkenness), vomiting,
dizziness, fever, drowsiness, confusion, and cyanosis (blue color).
Benzene is a light, colorless, aromatic liquid made from a variety
of raw materials, mostly crude oil and coal. In many ways it is similar
to gasoline, of which it is a part. The major uses of benzene are in
making plastics and other chemicals, not fuel, although it could be
used as one. If benzene is breathed or swallowed, it causes throat
irritation, rest lessens, excitement, depression, and, finally,
convulsions, which can lead to death. A long exposure to benzene vapors
(months or years) leads to bone marrow depression and in rare cases,
leukemia.
Polystyrene is the white, tough plastic that is used to make cups,
plates, and other tableware and food containers. In the pure state it
is slightly heavier than water. It dissolves easily in acetone and
benzene, but not in gasoline. It is not poisonous; if swallowed it
passes unchanged through the digestive tract. But it is possible to
choke on it. Heated polystyrene softens at about 185 F. At higher
temperatures it turns back into styrene, the chemical from which it was
made. Styrene has been tested as toxic to rats. In air, polystyrene
melts and burns with a yellow, sooty flame. Styrene itself has a sharp,
unpleasant smell that is easy to recognize.
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A trick is to substitute another solvent for benzene.
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| User: "Snoky" |
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| Title: Re: Naplm- for a mini-nuke simulator design |
24 Feb 2005 12:30:31 AM |
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"edddy" <ralphpoiu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1109217657.720906.278340@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
(This come from a US NAvy website)
What Is Napalm?
What Is Napalm?
Napalm is a mixture of benzene (21%), gasoline (33%), and
polystyrene (46%). Benzene is a normal component of gasoline (about
2%). The gasoline used in napalm is the same leaded or unleaded gas
that you put in your car.
Napalm is just a safer form of gasoline, jellied gasoline. It lowers the
vapor pressure so it burns slower, which causes more damage. It is also
safer to handle than gasoline.
Gasoline is far more dangerous than Napalm. Gasoline is called benzene in
Britain.
Gasoline is a mixture of many compounds that very during the year (one is
ether)
The third chemical for napalm above says polystyrene is what is "published".
However, a different agent is used, I know I used to mix it up. It has a
very unique smell, not sharp or unpleasant at all, slightly
brownish/reddish, slightly soapy smell, but unique, you could identify that
smell in the future anytime.
I can't tell you what it is, they could cause me problems if I told, but
you can find out. But it is not polystyrene.
Styrofoam (expanded styrene foam) is dissolved by gasoline directly, and is
used in that way for special effects, like in the Alien, acid disolving
metal decks.
Let's go mix some up!
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Naplm- for a mini-nuke simulator design |
24 Feb 2005 12:41:56 AM |
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This is a physics newsgroup.
Here your post is boring!
Harry C.
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| User: "Uncle Al" |
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| Title: Re: Naplm- for a mini-nuke simulator design |
24 Feb 2005 09:46:23 AM |
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edddy wrote:
(This come from a US NAvy website)
What Is Napalm?
What Is Napalm?
Napalm is a mixture of benzene (21%), gasoline (33%), and
polystyrene (46%). Benzene is a normal component of gasoline (about
2%). The gasoline used in napalm is the same leaded or unleaded gas
that you put in your car.
[snip crap]
Idiot. Polystyrene as thickener is Napalm II. The hydrocarbon
fraction is adjusted with different volatility cuts to meet target
needs - low boiling to suck out oxygen, higher boiling for enhanced
incendiary effects.
Those who know nothing should reply in kind. Hey idiot, cribbing
<http://www.efdsw.navfac.navy.mil/environmental/NapalmInformation.htm>
is not the same as reading
<http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/byname/cbrne---incendiary-agents-napalm.htm>
http://tchester.org/fb/issues/napalm.html
--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
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| User: "Androcles Androcles@ MyPlace.org" |
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| Title: Re: Naplm- for a mini-nuke simulator design |
24 Feb 2005 10:10:05 AM |
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Psychotic ineducable boring spammer (Alan Schwartz),
the royal fuckwit, "Uncle Al" <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net> wrote in message
news:421CA8D5.202258D0@hate.spam.net...
Why are you having so much trouble with basic algebra?
Let L_1 = distance light travels in going from Sam to Joe, as
measured in the stationary frame.
1) L_1 = cL/(c-v)
What a right royal stooopid *****.
See the peeing puppy moortel, he'll not be glad to add
you to his list of truly IMMORTAL fumbles. I will, though.
Androcles
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