I was informed today that if you add a small quantity of brake fluid to bleach (or vise versa), a copious quantity of white smoke is given off. Anyone ever been stupid enough to try this? -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
If you get turpentine [1] and add crystals of iodine you get a violent reaction the produces a cloud of acrid purple smoke. The reaction is exothermic so use a decent metal container and only use small quantities adding the terps to the crystals. [1] not the substitute terps or white spirit, it has to be the real thing.
Excellent stuff, I could have a use for such a substance. -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
Iodine does a similar thing with aluminiumium powder: Mix iodine powder and aluminium powder in equal quantities, add a few drops of water. Lots of smoke.
Even better - iodine plus ammonia solution (ammonium hydroxide) gives nitrogen triiode which, when dry, explodes without much provocation producing a cloud of purple iodine vapour - a source of much fun during my childhood. rtsp://real.angelo.edu/boudreaux/NitrogenTriiodide1.rm Tony
Dan L says... Find an old washer bottle from something like a Metro and install it under the bonnet of your car and wire the pump to a sprung on/off switch inside the cabin. Fill the newly fitted washer bottle with old engine oil and plumb the outlet into the exhaust manifold. When you want to create a ****-off-and-die smokescreen behind you, just flick the switch for about 5 seconds.
Bah! fit a spark plug in your tail pipe, connect it to a coil and run it as a switched secondary from you existing ignition circuit (ideally you need a SOC with points etc.) then wait until dark and flick the switch as you boot it away from lights/mates etc. Cue 20 foot flames
No, but after a mishap several years ago I will never ever use bleach and Viakal in the same sink at the same time again.
I've seen that email as well. -- ColonelTupperware spouting bollocks on Usenet since 1997 Usenet FAQ at http://www.its.caltech.edu/its/services/internetapps/news/news2.shtml UPCE FAQ at http://upce.org.uk/ UKRM FAQ at http://www.ukrm.net/faq/
Funnily enough it wasn't an email. I was working this morning and my client volunteered the information -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
Ahh, I rarely venture into the realm of the shedde. -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
Lozzo wrote Friday night I followed a cage with 4 yoofs and a the biggest FOAD pipe you have ever seen hung underneath. Every time he took his foot off the gas a yard long flame followed the explosions out the back. Good it was except for the embarrassing way it made the bindit seem positively quiet.
