Multi use Items 101 class is in

[crashdive123]

Ahh. Young Ensign or Second Lt......can you say GITMO.

[klkak]

Young officers are like the hole under an outhouse.

[LeaveThisLifeGuy]

great, so i've got that to look forward too!

[crashdive123]

It beats fasting.

[LeaveThisLifeGuy]

i'm pretty sure just about anything beats fasting

[bulrush]

I think the dried stuff in urine is urea, which is made from ammonia within the body.

Hey Rick,
Are you saying urea is explosive? I thought urea was unstable, and quickly converted to ammonia. Ever been in an outhouse in the summer? That's ammonia you smell, my friend. Along with some other wonderful gasses.


During the American Rev. War the farmers were directed to collect saltpeter for black powder in the following manner: pile animal and human urine, along with ruminant feces into pits or large barrels. Keep adding urine which will wash out the salt peter. Get the liquid from the barrel and concentrate it slowly over a fire by boiling away the water. Certain crystals would form on the side of the pot and that would be salt peter.

I just didn't read this in one place, it was 2 or 3 places I read about getting salt peter from animal feces (especially bat guano) and urine.

[nell67]

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[Rick]

bulrush - It may smell like ammonia but it isn't. It's urea.

"Most organisms have to deal with the excretion of nitrogen waste originating from protein and amino acid catabolism. In aquatic organisms the most common form of nitrogen waste is ammonia, while land-dwelling organisms convert the toxic ammonia to either urea or uric acid. In general, birds and saurian reptiles excrete uric acid, whereas the remaining species, including mammals, excrete urea. It is noteworthy that tadpoles excrete ammonia, and shift to urea production during metamorphosis."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea

I have no idea whether it is explosive or not and that was what I was asking about the earlier post. Not disputing his word at all just trying to learn something.

[Buddha443556]

I have no idea whether it is explosive or not and that was what I was asking about the earlier post. Not disputing his word at all just trying to learn something.

Potassium Chlorate, Sulfur and Urea, chlorate powders can substitute for gunpowder. More of a fast burning incendiary than an explosive.

[Alpine_Sapper]

Potassium Chlorate, Sulfur and Urea, chlorate powders can substitute for gunpowder. More of a fast burning incendiary than an explosive.

Yes, but any fast burning incendiary can be made an explosive if contained. The pressure is what will make it explode. If one part of the container is weaker than the others, it escapes through the weakest point. Like a shotgun shell.

[Ken]

Why not just make the tube out of the newspaper, make some needle point projectiles out of the styrofoam, and use the dern thing as a blowgun?

You'll get more than one use out of the thing, it'll be silent to keep some element of surprise, and it's a lot easier to make. Probably more accurate and lethal, too.

That thing dangling between your legs may be a weapon, but it wasn't designed to make gunpowder components.......

[Buddha443556]

Yes, but any fast burning incendiary can be made an explosive if contained. The pressure is what will make it explode. If one part of the container is weaker than the others, it escapes through the weakest point. Like a shotgun shell.

Yep, even just the stuff from the match heads should work if packed right.

Potassium Chlorate is a better oxidizer than Saltpeter (Potassium nitrate) however Potassium Chlorate and Sulfur are shock sensitive when mixed ... probably should mention that.

Hey Rick,
During the American Rev. War the farmers were directed to collect saltpeter for black powder in the following manner: pile animal and human urine, along with ruminant feces into pits or large barrels. Keep adding urine which will wash out the salt peter. Get the liquid from the barrel and concentrate it slowly over a fire by boiling away the water. Certain crystals would form on the side of the pot and that would be salt peter.

I just didn't read this in one place, it was 2 or 3 places I read about getting salt peter from animal feces (especially bat guano) and urine.

Don't know about the American Revolution but I remember my father telling me the Vietnamese used urine to make a gun powder.

There's also Urea Nitrate a simple explosive to make but requires a detonator ... another of many uses of urine.

[crashdive123]

You have got to love this forum. Where else are you going to find multiple uses for pee?

[NorthWindTrails]

What really peeves me are all the peons that get so p-o'd about p*ss. Just my .02c

[klkak]

I think I'll just be a good boy and stay out of trouble so I don't get thrown in jail. Then I won't need to make "Shivs" and "News paper guns" to attack the guards with.

[Buddha443556]

Pretty easy to wind up in jail these days.

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/DGR0708.html