[Kieri]

I don't mean to be gross, but can human urine be used to create explosive compounds? Somebody here on FR knows, I'm sure.

[kjam22]

I don't mean to be gross, but can human urine be used to create explosive compounds? Somebody here on FR knows, I'm sure.

McGuiver ping?

[carumba]

Put it in diet coke then shake it up real good.

[Xenalyte]

Doesn't it have ammonia in it? Or am I thinking about cats?

[syncked]

...but can human urine be used to create explosive compounds?

I believe it was once a component of gunpowder. Past that I don't know.
Wasn't this incident immediately followed by Dem charges that it demonstrated the failure of Bush's anti-terror measures? I have to wonder if the whole thing wasn't orchestrated.

[Sloth]

I don't mean to be gross, but can human urine be used to create explosive compounds?

Sure, just drop some Mentos in it.

[Petronski]

It can be a rich source of the nitrogen needed for most explosives, but I seriously doubt that kind of refining (of those kinds of quantities) could be done in-flight.

[Vigilanteman]

but can human urine be used to create explosive compounds?

Ammonia, which has chemical properties similar to urine, can produce a toxic gas when combined with household bleach.

A lethal concentration would be difficult even in the confines of an airline cabin, particularly if the oxygen masks were dropped.