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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Potassium Chlorate and Sugar

A crude explosive made from common potassium chlorate and sugar.

3 liter Chlorine bomb

A 3 liter bottle containing about 16 oz of water, aluminum foil and pool chlorine pellets crushed is sealed and is enclosed in a 5 gallon bucket.....BOOM!

tennis ball bomb (500 matches) massive explosion!!!

A crude tennis ball bomb....

Personal Protective Equipment http://www.visualiss.com

A PPE video from ISafety Solutions

Barricading and Demarcation

Great video on barricading and demarcation for dangerous substances....

CSB Safety Video: Half an Hour to Tragedy

Propane explosion on January 30th, 2007 in Ghent, West Virginia.

How To Make A Drano Bomb

This is how easy it is to make a "Drano Bomb" - about a quarter of a 20 oz bottle filled with water, with aluminum foil balls and Drano. Enclose in a tightly sealed container and...BOOM!

Enormous Drano Bomb

Large (3 liter) Drano Bomb - water + aluminum foil balls + Drano = EXPLOSIVE mixture!

Chlorine and coke bomb!!!

Crushed chlorine pellets + Coca Cola = BOOM!!!

Chlorine and Brake fluid

More chlorine bleach and break fluid....

chlorine + brake fluid=

This is how easy it is to make a bleach and Break Fluid bomb....just put those two ingredients together in a tightly sealed container and....BOOM!

seismic seconds: the bhopal gas disaster part1

Analysis of the Bhopal tragedy - the release of significant amounts of Methyl Iso-Cyanate from a Union Carbide owned chemical plant in Bhopal, India.

CSB Safety Video: Dangers of Flammable Gas Accumulation

Acetylene gas explosion at the Acetylene Services Company (ASCo) in Perth Amboy, NJ on January 25th, 2005.

Train car explosion bleve

A 1983 train derailment at Murdock, Illinois, in which a propane tanker BLEVES, followed by an iso-butane tanker explosion.

CSB Safety Video: Propylene Fire and Explosions

CSB Safety Video: Ethylene Oxide Explosion

August 19th, 2004 Ethylene Oxide explosion in Ontario, California. Video from the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB).