Acid Bomb

Alright, i have not tried this yet, and it is compleatly hypothetical at this point. Ive learned, over the many years in school, that if your going to mix an acid and Water, you gotta pour the acid into the water, but if you pour the water into the Acid, you get a huge explosion.

So here is my idea, you know those little soda bottle tornado toys, (see picture) well slightly follow that idea, make some modifications of some kinda pull string valve, or an motorized valve, if your willing to lose a motor (but your not going to try this, because this is for educational purposes only right ?) and make a valve, that can be activated from a far distance

basically put water on the bottom, and put acid in the top, i guess one acid you can use is clorine.

please do not try this unless you are very mature to understand the seriousness of a reaction like this, please put a Very good distance between you and the bottle, and do NOT do it near your house, lot or like that, since this is untested, either go to a very very big field, (vacant) and test it, or wait until someone else on instructables does this and reports how far away shrapnel and shock waves traveled

Also, if you choose to do the pull string for a valve opener, your going to need a sturdy base to hold up the contraption when you tug

Comments

[jbedd3]

thanks man now i will try it with diffrent acids what types of acid can u use can i use Sulfuric acid will it work and i want to explode and burn everthimg around it

[SCrid2000]

I would love to do this if I had evidence it would work. Don't bother to say for educational purposes only, because we all know its not and you're not saving your butt just by saying that. If someone (God forbid) took a bomb on a plane for "educational purposes only" they would still get themselves shot (hopefully). Anyway, if you're going to post it, DO IT first. Otherwise, it's just a theory.

[Jesus10555]

well yea, im going to do it eventually, but i figured that if anyone wanted to try it.... then that would be kool

[frenchbenj]

First off, chlorine is not an acid, it's a base. Second, the reason you always put acid into water as opposed to water into acid is that the dilution of concentrated acid in water is exothermic, meaning it generates heat. But even with the strongest acid, there's no explosion, merely the water boils as soon as it touches the acid and there's a big acid splas.

[Jesus10555]

Alright? well forgive me for my mistake, i just remember my grampa put acid in our pool, and i assumed it was clorine

[SurferGeek]

How about trying it first, photograph each step and THEN post it here?

[Jesus10555]

its called an idea, and as far as an instrucatable, im pretty sure you dont need me to tell you how to make a valve and all that jazz, i just havent done it yet

[SurferGeek]

Correct, this isn't "Ideables", it's "Instructables". Sheesh! Apparently we do need you to show us how... people are always making instructables on how to make a sandwich, tie shoes, make salsa...

[foamyguy]

i thouht it was pour acid into base, so that if it splashes you don't get acid on your hands...Most easily obtainable substances that react with water would not give you that violent of a reaction anyhow. There are much better chemical combo's out there.