Silicon-based gunpowder may propel MEMS devices

EETimes.com ^ | January 24, 2002 | R. Colin Johnson

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First time posting an article (hope I did it right).

[Cold Heat]

I already knew this. I see it every time I fry a intel chip! Makes green flames!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

bump

[Cold Heat]

BTW! If you don't do it right you can rest assured that you will be informed more than once. Looks ok to me!

[pocat]

FYI

[vannrox]

This is an awesome article. Outstanding!

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And how often do you fry them? I've sometimes hooked a chip's power connections backward, but I've never actually blown one up. :)

[Squantos]

Hmmmmmmmm tinfoil starting to rattle loudly ;o) Possibilities are endless eh ......I like this stuff. I have seen it in "other" applications already.

Thanks for the Ping, hope yer Sunday went well.......

Did the rams Faulk Ewe too :o)

Stay Safe !

[umgud]

In other news....... convicted figernail bomber, ....

[backhoe]

Good golly, man! #6823? You've been here since Hector was a pup!

[Joee]

Wonder what effect it will have on detection machines at air ports?

[ChadGore]

nano bump

[Centurion2000]

Gotta wonder if the US might have this stuff sitting in sensitive spots .... like .. the encryption chips on a P-3 Orion perhaps ?

[elbucko]

Ya Done Fine!

Something tells me, however, that those Freepers who know what "Vihtavuori" is and how to pronounce it will be drawn to this post.

[Crowcreek]

"gunpowder, which is finely ground carbon mixed with potassium nitrate and sulfur."

That's black powder -- used until about 1900.

Modern gunpowder is made by soaking cellulose - like cotton - in nitric acid to form nitrocellulose.

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Hmmmmmmmm tinfoil starting to rattle loudly ;o) Possibilities are endless eh ......I like this stuff. I have seen it in "other" applications already.

My thoughts exactly when I first read this article.

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Wonder what effect it will have on detection machines at air ports?

Could use it to test the swab thingies they use on the outside of your carry-on bags. Or mabye as a separate stage before or after the x-ray machine?

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Gotta wonder if the US might have this stuff sitting in sensitive spots .... like .. the encryption chips on a P-3 Orion perhaps ?

If not, they should. As noted in the article, it would be handy for making chips impossible to reverse-engineer, if you could integrate it (and an independent battery) into the packaging. Mabye make it explode on opening of the packaging?