hahaha.... who uses match heads? I mean it makes for a descent pipe bomb... but come on... we are week-end chemist not anarchist are we not???

Yeah, I knew what ya meant... when I say "black powder" though... I mean just that, not a substitute... the real thing. It's so easy... I need to find time from work to do it and video and or take pictures though... I'll have to name it "Black Powder... with no MATCHES!... Microman" KN03 - Stump rot products are 99.8% pure Sulfer sublimed - Any drug store. Charcoal - and bbq briquett ground up fine mix, grind, screen, grind, apply 2-4 tons per sq ft of pressure for 1 hour... and there ya have it. Black powder... Simple. In fact it's almost too simple... I may do the "ice-melt" bomb instead... what do you think?

Well, Potassium Chloride is the main ingredient in some ice melts... potassium chlorate is some some bad mutha stuff... you have to first derive it from potassium chloride... This involves some chemistry, But the thing is, It's not really worth it. Because you can buy potassium chlorate in pure form for about as much as it would cost to make it from ice melt. After I made that previous post, I thought about it and I really don't think I should put up an Instructable about it... it's too dangerous. So, anyways, Potassium Chlorate, glychol, and wax is a form of plastique explosives... so it's a fun build... but that's all I really want to say on here... Google it, and don't do anything stupid... it's not worth it.

Where do you live? What about an agricultural store and buy potassium nitrate? It's tough to get ammonium nitrate unless you have a license... but KNO3 has no restrictions... btw... Ammonium nitrate can be fun... if ya add water it gets really cold... it's what's in a lot of instant cold packs... and it is highly reactive with zinc... mixed with zinc it will spotaineously combust in the presence of moisture...

Man... a lot of aussie's and kiwi's on here huh? Why is that? Are your countries THAT boring?

I'm from a little bit outside of New Orleans, Louisiana... but living in St. Louis for the past 6 months. Being transfered back home at the end of this month.