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LIST OF USEFUL HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY
Anyone can get many chemicals from hardware stores,
supermarkets,
and drug stores to get the materials to make explosives or other dangerous
compounds. A would-be terrorist
would merely need a station wagon and some
money to acquire many of the chemicals named here.
Chemical Used
In Available at
________ _______ ____________
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alcohol,
ethyl * alcoholic beverages liquor stores
solvents (95% min. for both) hardware stores
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ammonia
+ CLEAR household supermarkets,
ammonia 7 - Eleven
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ammonium
instant-cold drug stores,
nitrate paks, fertilizers medical supply stores
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nitrous
oxide pressurizing party supply stores
drinks and whip cream
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magnesium
firestarters surplus stores,
camping stores
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lecithin
vitamin? pharmacies, drug
stores
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mineral
oil cooking, laxative supermarket,
drug store
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mercury
@ mercury thermometers supermarkets,
hardware stores
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sulfuric
acid uncharged car automotive stores
batteries
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glycerine
? pharmacies, drug
stores
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sulfur gardening
gardening store,
hardware stores?
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charcoal
charcoal grills, supermarkets
gardening gardening stores
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sodium
nitrate fertilizer gardening store
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cellulose
first aid drug stores,
(cotton) medical supply stores
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strontium
nitrate road flares surplus stores,
auto stores
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fuel
oil kerosene stoves surplus stores,
(kerosene) camping stores
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bottled
gas propane stoves surplus stores,
camping stores
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potassium
permanganate water purification purification plants
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hexamine
or hexamine stoves surplus stores
methenamine (camping) (camping stores?)
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nitric
acid ^ cleaning printing printing shops
plates photography stores?
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iodine
& first aid drug stores
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sodium perchlorate
solidox pellets hardware stores
for cutting torches
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notes:
* ethyl alcohol is mixed with methyl alcohol when it is used as a
solvent. Methyl alcohol is very poisonous. Solvent alcohol
must
be at least 95% ethyl alcohol if it is used to make mercury
fulminate. Methyl alcohol may prevent mercury fulminate from
forming.
+ Ammonia, when bought in stores comes in a variety of forms. The
pine and cloudy ammonias should not
be bought; only the clear
ammonia should be used to make ammonium triiodide crystals.
@ Mercury thermometers
are becoming a rarity, unfortunately. They
may be hard to find in most stores. Mercury is also used in
mercury switches,
which are available at electronics stores.
Mercury is a hazardous substance, and should be kept in the
thermometer or
mercury switch until used. It gives off mercury
vapors which will cause brain damage if inhaled. For this reason,
it
is a good idea not to spill mercury, and to always use it
outdoors. Also, do not get it in an open cut; rubber gloves will
help
prevent this.
^ Nitric acid is very difficult to find nowadays. It is usually
stolen by bomb makers, or made
by the process described in a later
section. A desired concentration for making explosives about 70%.
&
The iodine sold in drug stores is usually not the pure crystaline
form that is desired for producing ammonium triiodide
crystals.
To obtain the pure form, it must usually be acquired by a doctor's
prescription, but this can be expensive.
Once again, theft is the
means that terrorists result to.
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