As capplor points out, there are some explosives you can make from common ingredients -- it's just that the one that the media has latched onto isn't one of them.
If there really is peroxide in the mix, I'd guess that the solid ingredient is a powdered fuel of some sort. Otherwise, I would have expected something like ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.
exactly. Though according to Wikipedia (not always a reliable source) the one used in Oklahoma City was ammonium nitrate and nitrobenzene, which roughly doubles the yield.
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Date: 12 Aug 2006 05:53 (UTC)If there really is peroxide in the mix, I'd guess that the solid ingredient is a powdered fuel of some sort. Otherwise, I would have expected something like ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.
The explosive of choice, with truck bombs, I believe
Date: 12 Aug 2006 06:23 (UTC)Re: The explosive of choice, with truck bombs, I believe
Date: 12 Aug 2006 15:09 (UTC)