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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

No, mixing toilet bowl cleaner (it has to be a specific brand, I won’t say which) and aluminum results in very rapid release of gasses, but not toxic ones. The dangerous part is that, if you do this in a container that is closed tightly, the gas has no way to escape except to explode the container. Since the toilet bowl cleaner also contains a solution of acid, that explosion would spray somewhat corrosive chemicals as well.

So, the fact that she knew the right brand of cleaner, used the foil in rolled up balls, and did it in a bottle, then put the cap on, means she was following a specific bomb-making recipe. She literally followed step-by-step the instructions in a bomb-making manual.


47 posted on 05/02/2013 10:58:53 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

The bowl cleanser is typically Sodium Hydroxide. Basic, not Acidic.
It is a hydrogen gas generator.


50 posted on 05/02/2013 11:13:03 AM PDT by Elderberry
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