Just a quick question: How flammable is newspaper? Specifically, when it catches fire, how fast does it burn? When I'm satisfied with my answer this thread can be locked.
@Orion you scare the hell out of me sometimes you know that :|
Yes, you mentioned that before.
The instant cold packs contain granules of ammonia nitrate, which only works for smoke bombs after it has been mixed and dissolved in water.
The ammonium nitrate isn't the problem, it's how it's formed and what it's combined with. You can make an extremely powerful bomb if you throw in some zinc powder.
Now why am I telling you how to blow things up . . . .
How do you make a bomb out of one of those cold packs?
They're not ice packs. They contain granules of ammonia nitrates, and when dissolved in water and soaked up with newspapers, they can serve as smoke bombs when lit. Pretty cool all of the science behind explosives.
If you want make the most of it do this: take newspaper page, drop it in water, crumple it, leave in in a warm place to dry ( make sure it doesn't unfold) and now you've got a compact, slow burning, piece of paper. Do it with more paper if you want it during more. You've made the little pyro inside me happy....
