Ultimate Smoke Bomb
by Sir Francis Drake
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INTRODUCTION
There are many files on smoke bombs, most of them are OK and some of them are wrong. Hopefully this file will correctly cover everything...
Smoke Bombs have an infinite amount of uses, some include:
1. "Pranks" such as lighting them in classrooms.
2. For cover, a pound or so of a smoke bomb in an ally couldn't be see through by anyone chasing. Signalling
3. Creating "confusion and chaos"
4. For thousands of other ideas, read The Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry
Harrison for many more but impractical ideas.
THE ORIGINAL SMOKE BOMB RECIPIE
OK, this isn't "THE" original but it was the first that got excesivily popularized...
FROM "STEAL THIS BOOK" BY ABBIE HOFFMAN
"Sometimes it becomes strategically correct to confuse the opposition
and provide a smoke screen to aid an escape. A real home-made smoke
bomb can be made by combining 4 parts sugar to 6 parts saltpeter
[Potassium Nitrate -Editor's note] (available at all chemical
supply stores). This mixture must then be heated over a very low
flame. It will blend into a plastic substance. When this starts
to gel, remove from heat and allow the plastic to cool. Embed a few
wooden match heads into the mass while it's still pliable and attach
a fuse."
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS RECIPIE
Do the cooking with a kitchen oven, candles DO NOT work at all,
and camping stoves are better but hazardous (as Spartacus and
The Data Controller will testify). Filmcans work, but aren't the
best because of the plastic and the small size. The best
container seems to be small glass jars. Fuses are probably the
hardest part, if you can use bought fuses. If not the best is to
pour sterno over the top and light it, this will have an
unpredictable time delay.
COLORED SMOKE BOMBS
Allthough it has been claimed that adding food coloring to the above
would change its color here are the ingredients for "real" colored
smoke bombs...
BLACK SMOKE RECEPIES
Ingredient Percentage
Magnesium powder 19
Hexachloroethane 60
Napthalene 21
Magnesium powder 20
Hexachloroethane 60
Napthalene 20
Hexachloroethane 55.8
Alpha Naphol 14
Athracene 4.6
Aluminum powder 9.3
Smokeless powder 14
Naphthalene 2.3
Black powder FFF 50
Potassium nitrate 10
Coal tar 20
Powdered charcoal 15
Paraffin 5
WHITE SMOKE RECIPIES
Potassium chlorate 44
Sulfur flour 15
Zinc dust 40
Sodium bicarbonate 1
Zinc dust 66.37
Hexachloroethane 33.33
Zinc dust 28
Zinc oxide 22
Hexachloroethane 50
YELLOW SMOKE RECIPIES
Potassium chlorate 25
Paranitraniline 50
Lactrose 25
Potassium chlorate 30
Naphthalene azodimethyl anline50
Powdered sugar 20
Potassium chlorate 21.4
Naphthalene azodimethyl anline2.7
Auramine 38
Sodium biocarbonate 28.5
Sulfur flour 9.4
GREEN SMOKE RECIPIE
Potassium nitrate 20
Red arsenic 20
Sulfur flour 20
Antimony sulfide 20
Black powder FFF 20
RED SMOKE RECIPIE
Potassium chlorate 20
Lactose 20
Paranitraniline red 60
Potassium chlorate 26
Diethylaminorosindone 48
Powdered sugar 26
Potassium chlorate 27.4
Methylaminoanthraquinone 42.5
Sodium bicarbonate 19.5
Sulfur flour 10.6
Potassium pechlorate 25
Antimony sulfide 20
Rhodamine red 50
Dextrin 5
WHERE TO GET CHEMICALS
While some of these chemicals are common and can be found in a kitchen many are fairly rare (when was the last time you heard of "methylaminoanthraquinone"?). The place to get them is obviously a Chemical Suppy place. They can be found in your phone book fairly easily. When ordering, the best way is in the mail C.O.D. However, some chemicals can't be mailed though U.S. mail and therefore
will be mailed through U.P.S or wehatever which will cost more and may not permit C.O.D. Good Luck!
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