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[Fatman]

This is indeed true...it was pretty big news in Ann Arbor back in April.

[billay]

There were some kids at my high school back in the day that got a hold of some dry ice pellets. They would put them in 2-liter plastc bottles with a little bit of water, and then stuff them in people mailboxes. Blow them sky high. There was a big fuss about it at the time, the police investigated, but nobody ever got caught.

[tazinib1]

Too bad we don't allow caning, cause that's what I'd like to do to these idiot kids that have no clue as to the damage they could cause with these pranks.

[rajncajn]

We used to blow up bottles with dry ice when I was a kid. Very easy to do & pretty destructive for what it is. Most of the time though the bottles explode on their own though. Every now & then you get one that just swells, but it's pretty obvious there is pressure build-up in the bottle. You can do a youtube search for dry ice bombs to see what they can do.

 

ETA: Yes, I was a "punk" in my youth, but I never did anything to cause anyone harm.

Edited May 26, 2010 by rajncajn

[billay]

We used to blow up bottles with dry ice when I was a kid. Very easy to do & pretty destructive for what it is. Most of the time though the bottles explode on their own though. Every now & then you get one that just swells, but it's pretty obvious there is pressure build-up in the bottle. You can do a youtube search for dry ice bombs to see what they can do.

 

ETA: Yes, I was a "punk" in my youth, but I never did anything to cause anyone harm.

the issue may be more a function of the relative strength of plastic bottles. If they didn;t have such a high failure point, the explosive power would be much less.

[Delicious_bass]

I have seen people put strips of aluminum into plastic bottles with hydrochloric acid and make a "b0mb" that way. The reaction causes the bottle to expand to the point it bursts and releases a cloud of gas.

 

Disclaimer: I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TRY THIS AS IT IS DANGEROUS AND CAN GET YOU IN TROUBLE

[AtomicCEO]

I have seen people put strips of aluminum into plastic bottles with hydrochloric acid and make a "b0mb" that way. The reaction causes the bottle to expand to the point it bursts and releases a cloud of gas.

 

Disclaimer: I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TRY THIS AS IT IS DANGEROUS AND CAN GET YOU IN TROUBLE

 

Yeah, the aluminum foil in Drano trick actually creates hydrogen gas, so if you leave it near an ignition source, there's a huge fireball when it goes off.

 

in theory...

[twiley]

Yeah, we use to make these when we were kids. Pretty dumb. We never blew anything up, we'd just set it in a tree then run about 50 yards and wait for it to explode. It's loud.

[Jimmy Neutron]

Dry ice was my gateway explosive to much funner stuff as a kid. The worst we ever did was blow up a few mailboxes and old cars.

[Egret]

I'm sure the statute of limitations has run out from my high school exploits.