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To: Moominoid who wrote (66696)	7/29/2005 10:50:39 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

I have found creating chemical compounds to be far less reliable than you are estimating. We know from witnesses that the primers in the latest bombs went off - but the explosives bubbled and turned into something like pancake batter with an acrid smell rather than exploding. This monograph indicates that triacetone peroxide C9-H18-O6 degrades after creation, becoming less likely to explode. en.wikipedia.org The method of degradation is not indicated, but I have one idea. When I was in High School I played with a similar though less powerful oxidizing chemical, Sodium Chlorate Na-Cl-O3, used in magic tricks for that sudden flash. In jar-full quantities it's powerfully explosive. en.wikipedia.org But Sodium Chlorate has a problem. It only flashes or explodes when it is nearly bone-dry. The slightest bit of dampness and absolutely nothing happens. I don't think unreliability in the explosive is so implausible. .