Formulas For Ammonium Nitrate Compounds
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(Note: In the Anarchist Cookbook, there are originally 61 formulas. I am
only including
10 of the 61 here for two reasons: 1) To cut disk space, and
2) Most of the formulas are VERY
similar)
[1> Ammonium nitrate 60 [2> Ammonium nitrate 34
Potassium nitrate
29.5 Potassium nitrate 34
Sulfur flour 2.5 TNT 17
Charcoal powder 4 Ammonium chloride
15
Woodmeal 4
[4> Ammonium nitrate 70
[3> Ammonium nitrate 59 Ammonium
sulfate 9
Woodmeal 10 Nitroglycerin 6
Nitroglycerin 10 Barium sulfate 7
Sodium
chloride 20 Dextrin 8
Magnesium carbonate 1
[6> Ammonium nitrate 75
[5>
Ammonium nitrate 88 Aluminum powder 25
Charcoal powder 12
[8> Ammonium nitrate 64
Potassium nitrate 2 Sodium chloride 21
Charcoal
powder 4
[10> Ammonium nitrate 35
[9> Ammonium nitrate 60 Potassium nitrate 33
Nitroglycerin 10 Ammonium chloride 20
Sodium chloride 20
cherry bombs or Roman
candles. The ingredients that make up these formulas
have several functions: The first is the
explosive agent itself, the second is
the stabilizing agent, and third is a texturizer
(paraffin). Below are listed
the most important and common ingredients that are used to form
an explosive
compound, and a description of their purpose and function.
[Ammonium
Nitrate]: An extremely unstable, white explosive, usually in
crystalline form.
[Aluminum]: A silver metallic powder, when in pyro grade, it is a major
ingredient in many
ammonal explosive compounds.
[Ammonium Oxalate]: A very valuable stabilizing agent, especially
for nitro.
[Barium Nitrate]: Nitrated barium, in white crystalline powdered form.
[Charcoal Powder]: A fine black powder, which is extremely absorbent, and used
extensively in
pyrotechnics.
[Guncotton]: Nitrated cellulose (sawdust) is fairly stable, but usually used
[Naphthalene]: This
is a sensitizing agent that is normally in a white
crystalline form.
[Paraffin]: This is
a primary ingredient in plastique, and acts as a
texturizer.
[Potassium Nitrate]: An
explosive compound in itself, which is stable. It is
usually in a white crystalline form.
explosives. It is
an extremely common ingredient in low explosives.
[Resin]: A gummy substance, which is
flammable, and used in high explosives as
an igniting agent.
[Sodium Carbonate]: This
white crystalline powder acts to neutralize acid,
which may make the explosive more unstable
than it normally is.
[Sodium Chloride]: This is nothing more than ordinary table salt, and is
used
as a cooling agent in many high explosives.
[Sodium Nitrate]: A stable explosive
compound which has the advantage of
being water-absorbent.
[Sodium Sulfate]: A
stabilizing powder, which is water-resistant.
[Starch]: This can be either potato or corn
starch, and acts as an absorbent
in many explosive compounds.
[Sulfur]: A yellow
crystalline powder, which should be used in flour form
only.
[Vaseline]: A clear
petroleum jelly used in a similar manner as paraffin, as
a plasticizer, for many forms of
exploding gelatins and plastic
explosives.
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