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EODfag
By using a detonator and a cap-sensitive primer charge with a higher VoD than the Tannerite.

>>34479495
You don't know what a blasting cap is?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonator

>>34479495
Hit it with a hammer.

>>34479495
Make a blasting cap of HMTD. Easiest one to do at home, stable enough to handle in small quantities and nice and powerful

>>34479505
Oh hey there EODfag. I'm that fag that has been experimenting a lot with HMTD and ANFO lately, and I have a couple of questions for you if you have a minute.

>How easily does ammonium nitrate go "bad" by absorbing moisture from the air? I've been storing it in prilled form in a ziploc bag and taking from it occasionally over a month or two, and lately my ANFO hasn't been going off. Could that be the reason why?

>I'm trying to make ETN. Tried synthesis last night and it didn't work. I'm thinking it could be because my sources of erythritol and sulfuric acid have other shit in them. The sulfuric acid is Liquid Lightning drain cleaner with buffers, and the Erythritol is from off-brand calorie-free Stevia extract that has some other additives in it (though Erythritol is at the top of the ingredients list). Also, I'm using that questionable prilled AN I mentioned earlier. Could any of these be the reason the synthesis failed, and if so, do you know how to purify them---specifically how to remove the buffers from the sulfuric acid drain cleaner?

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>>34480374
>The sulfuric acid is Liquid Lightning drain cleaner with buffers, and the Erythritol is from off-brand calorie-free Stevia extract that has some other additives in it

You answered your own question. Stop before you blow your fingers off.

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>>34480374

>>34480400
Wouldn't shitty ingredients mean you're actually less likely to get an explosive dangerous product? Or does it make it more unstable or something?

>>34480439


yes

>>34480374
when ANFO gos bad from being in air it just becomes useless, not unstable