From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Wed Aug 01 2001 - 05:40:40 MDT
On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, KPJ wrote:
> Red phosphor solved into tetrachlorocarbon worked well during WWII.
It's white phosphorus (a waxy pyrophoric phosphorus allotrope), and one
usually uses carbon disulfide as solvent.
> You pour it out near some place you like to hit, and leave. When the
> tetrachlorocarbon dries, the red phosphor starts to oxidize, and ignites
> the gaseous tetrachlorocarbon into a _huge_ explosion.
CCl4 is not burnable in air. CCl4 reacts with sodium, though, and
explosively (don't try it at home, kids).
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