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Most homemade smoke bombs usually employ some type of base powder, such as black powder or pyrodex, to support combustion. The base material will burn well, and provide heat to cause the other materials in the device to burn, but not completely or cleanly. Table sugar, mixed with sulfur and a base material, produces large amounts of smoke. Sawdust, especially if it has a small amount of oil in it, and a base powder works well also. Other excellent smoke ingredients are small pieces of rubber, finely ground plastics, and many chemical mixtures. The material in road flares can be mixed with sugar and sulfur and a base powder produces much smoke. Most of the fuel-oxodizer mixtures, if the ratio is not correct, produce much smoke when added to a base powder. The list of possibilities goes on and on. The trick to a successful smoke bomb also lies in the container used. A plastic cylinder works well, and contributes to the smoke produced. The hole in the smoke bomb where the fuse enters must be large enough to allow the material to burn without causing an explosion. This is another plus for plastic containers, since they will melt and burn when the smoke material ignites, producing an opening large enough to prevent an explosion.

7.2 COLORED FLAMES

Colored flames can often be used as a signaling device for terrorists. by putting a ball of colored flame material in a rocket; the rocket, when the ejection charge fires, will send out a burning colored ball. The materials that produce the different colors of flames appear below.

COLOR MATERIAL USED IN ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________ red strontium road flares,

salts red sparklers

(strontium nitrate) ______________________________________________________________ green barium salts green sparklers

(barium nitrate) ______________________________________________________________ yellow sodium salts gold sparklers

(sodium nitrate) ______________________________________________________________ blue powdered copper blue sparklers,

old pennies ______________________________________________________________ white powdered magnesium firestarters,

or aluminum aluminum foil ______________________________________________________________ purple potassium permanganate purple fountains,

treating sewage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7.3 TEAR GAS

A terrorist who could make tear gas or some similar compound could use it with ease against a large number of people. Tear gas is fairly complicated to make, however, and this prevents such individuals from being able to utilize its great potential for harm. One method for its preparation is shown below.

EQUIPMENT

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1. ring stands (2)

2. alcohol burner

3. erlenmeyer flask, 300 ml

4. clamps (2)

5. rubber stopper

6. glass tubing

7. clamp holder

8. condenser

9. rubber tubing

10. collecting flask

11. air trap

12. beaker, 300 ml

MATERIALS

10 gms glycerine

2 gms sodium bisulfate

distilled water

1.) In an open area, wearing a gas mask, mix 10 gms of glycerine with 2 gms of sodium bisulfate in the 300 ml erlenmeyer flask.

2.) Light the alcohol burner, and gently heat the flask.

3.) The mixture will begin to bubble and froth; these bubbles are tear gas.

4.) When the mixture being heated ceases to froth and generate gas, or a brown residue becomes visible in the tube, the reaction is complete. Remove the heat source, and dispose of the heated mixture, as it is corrosive.

5.) The material that condenses in the condenser and drips into the collecting flask is tear gas. It must be capped tightly, and stored in a safe place.

7.4 FIREWORKS

While fireworks cannot really be used as an effective means of terror, they do have some value as distractions or incendiaries. There are several basic types of fireworks that can be made in the home, whether for fun, profit, or nasty uses.

7.41 FIRECRACKERS

A simple firecracker can be made from cardboard tubing and epoxy. The instructions are below:

1) Cut a small piece of cardboard tubing from the tube you are using. "Small" means anything less than 4 times the diameter of the tube.

2) Set the section of tubing down on a piece of wax paper, and fill it with epoxy and the drying agent to a height of 3/4 the diameter of the tubing. Allow the epoxy to dry to maximum hardness, as specified on the package.

3) When it is dry, put a small hole in the middle of the tube, and insert a desired length of fuse.

4) Fill the tube with any type of flame-sensitive explosive. Flash powder, pyrodex, black powder, potassium picrate, lead azide, nitrocellulose, or any of the fast burning fuel-oxodizer mixtures will do nicely. Fill the tube almost to the top.

5) Pack the explosive tightly in the tube with a wad of tissue paper and a pencil or other suitable ramrod. Be sure to leave enough space for more epoxy.

6) Fill the remainder of the tube with the epoxy and hardener, and allow it to dry.