Armstrong's mixture + ferrocerium detonations

This video shows the extreme power of this stuff. The amount used in the first three tests was about 10 milligram in total and the last test was 20 mg.
The difference between igniting it from underneath and igniting it from above is just that a smaller amount will detonate if it's heated from underneath than if it's ignited directly. But it doesn't matter if the amount is greater than 5 mg, then it will detonate unconfined or confined, heated from underneath or ignited directly.

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• Dornier335A

[craz3killa]

how do you make your armstrong's mix? do you scrape off matchbooks and match heads or do you have a source for red phosphorus?

[Dornier335A]

@craz3killa

I use roll caps.

[samjak517]

Where does someone purchase

Flashpowder

[Dornier335A]

@samjak517

You can't buy flash powder. You have to make it yourself.

[theguywith1face]

Nice video as always mate- Didnt realise you hated crisps (chips) so much, but we live and learn I suppose.

Did you say you wet mix the AM before adding ferrocerium? If so, how do you granulate it again?

Cheers!

[Dornier335A]

@theguywith1face

Haha I don't hate crisps at all, but it was funny to blow them up =) I wet mix both the AM and the ferrocerium together, then spread it out on a flat surface to dry. Then I carefully brush it off so it turns into fine powder again.

[meade918]

holy crap :d make 1 gram firecracker with this mixture lol :)

[dawson01912]

@Dornier335A

Make a video of this mix vs. a fly or some pesty bug. I want to see some ownage! ^-^

[TheRolemodel1337]

@Dornier335A compare it with TATP thats the most sensitve explosive which you can still handle

well atleast the most sensitive i know :)

for example NI3 is far to sensitive to handle (just so you get my point^^)

[TheRolemodel1337]

@TheRolemodel1337 dornier already told you what i wanted to tell you after knowing exactly that you meant ng <- know shortform for nitroglycerine ;)

ng actually isnt that bad because its a liquid and its hard to put a force on a liquid(for example when hitting it with a hammer it will just spill out)

[Dornier335A]

@TheSolitaryTraveller It is more sensitive than nitroglycerin.