Glass ware and other basic lab equipment

1 x Funnel, glass 70 mm: 5 €

1 x Funnel, glass 50 mm: 4 €

4 x Funnel, plastic 100 mm: 8 € (purification through coffee filter x 4)

1 x Trakt i plast PP 45 mm: 2 €

1 x Thermometer -40-+110: 4 € (for oven)

2 x Thermometer -10-+110: 4 € (20 cm long glass variant)

1 x Graduated Cylinder 500 ml: 18 € (for measuring liquids)

1 x Crystallization cup 140-400 mm: 14-50 (a lasagna glass dish is a cheaper alt)

2 x Glass Beaker 2000 ml: 47 €

2 x Glass Beaker 1000 ml: 27 €

4 x Glass Beaker 600 ml: 24 €

2 x Glass Beaker 250 ml: 12 €

1 x Beakertongs: 7 (tongs to grab boiling hot beakers)

1 x Conical Flask (Erlenmeyer Flask) 1000 ml: 14 €

1 x Conical Flask 500 ml NN (narrow neck): 8 €

1 x Conical Flask 500 ml WN (wide neck): 8 €

6 x Pharmaceutical Bottle, glass (dark brown) 200 ml: 8 € (storage of detonator charge/primary expl. underwater)

2 x Pharmaceutical Bottle, glass (dark brown) 500 ml: 4 € (storage of primary expl)

3 x Pharmaceutical Bottle, glass (dark brown) 1000 ml: 7 € (storage of primary expl)

1 x pH-paper 0-14, 100 strips: 11 €

1 x Porcelain Dish 80 mm: 2 € (for boiling on top of conical flask)

2 x Glass rod, stirring rod 6 x 200 mm: 2 €

5 x Drop counter: 5 €

1 x Acid resistant gloves: 6 €

100 x Latex Gloves: 11 €

1 x Lab-apron: 9 €

1 x Mortar w. Pestle 100 mm: 11 €

2 x Pipette bottle, plastic 100 ml: 2 €

2 x Plastic box, storage, square 500 ml: 6 €

1 x Plastic box, storage, square 250 ml: 2 €

1 x Plastic box, storage, square 100 ml: 2 €

1 x Spoon with spatulas, 150 mm: 2 €

1 x Spatulas 21 cm: 049610 – 14 – 2 €

1 x Cleaning brush: 4 €

1 x Beaker brush 21 cm: 3 €

1 x Tube brush 400 mm: 5 €

2 x Plastic container 31 x 43 x 15: 19€ (for evaporation of liquids)

25 x Syringe and needle, 1 ml: 6€ (for injecting pure nicotine into hollow bullets)

100 x Filter paper 125-200 mm: 3 € (fits into large funnels)

1 x Single electrical cooking plate: 23€ (in case you need an extra)

Note: There was a minimum order of 10 for certain items from the supplier I selected. Therefore, I had to buy more glass beakers and conical flasks than needed. Still, I have only listed the required amount of equipment and not the surplus amount I bought. Conical flasks are often better than beakers due to the ease of using funnels etc. in them, + the liquid inside doesn’t evaporate as quickly due to the narrow neck of the conical flask.

End note: I tried to contact three international suppliers of second hand lab ware (one German, one British and one US) but they all advised me to just order from a national/local supplier, as glass ware is usually bought locally/nationally due to their relatively low cost. So just contact f example the local supplier in your country who supplies high schools and colleges/universities or alternative suppliers.

Manufacturing explosives - Recommended explosives

An explosive device is usually divided into 3 separate charges:

1.Primary charge/detonator (Usually not more than 6-20 g)

2.Secondary charge – booster charge (Usually not more than 50 g to 2 kg)

3.Tertiary charge (the bulk of the explosives, 50-5000 kg)

The size of your primary and secondary charge relies on the quantity, quality and purity of your tertiary charge. I have concluded that the following explosives are the most suitable for my purpose (as of 2010) based on a variety of factors:

DDNP as detonator (primary charge)

Picric Acid as booster (secondary charge)

ANFO/or ANNM (tertiary charge)

I will try to point out some challenges and present advice regarding which compounds are still available to us as of 2010

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 927