Pop-Its in action

~20 pop-its, unwrapped and poured into one napkin, rewrapped, and thown. The explosion was so much more impressive irl.

Just as a side note, I kept taking one or two of those little rocks and throwing them at the ground, but they wouldn't explode. In the end, I failed to determine exactly what explodes when they're thrown.

Are the rocks really some sort of super-concentrated lower-grade explosive? Are the little clear crystals I saw exploding due to the friction of the rocks?

The world may never know.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• home-made
• bomb
• pop-its

[ryanmagictricks]

um... u dooo no that is much louder if u doit alone with one. its only louder if its like 3 whole boxes

[djzozain]

Sounded like a gunshot as close as I was. My camera (and, I believe, most cameras) do a good job of equalizing the sound.

Admittedly, it did sounded pretty whimpy in the video.

[ManEatingLunchBox]

from jesus

[chopfilms77]

mmmkkk?

[NamesROverated]

it's even louder if you pour them into a straw and hot glue the ends.

[vlorafan12]

i looked but i live in paterson and i cant find any

[Camcorders360]

@vlorafan12 you buy popits from the dollar store

[ottomatictom]

actually each little rock or piece of sand is coated in impact-sensitive silver fulminate (AgONC) when they rock against each other that reacts and thus fully causing an explosion

[vlorafan12]

were u got the pop its?

[Tobiasie]

nice!!!