Especially the picric acid recipe which our chemistry teacher decided to "do for us" to show how dangerous the JRCB was. Cracked the glass in the fume cupboard.
Best chem teacher in the world: Mr Atkinson, I salute you for making it interesting and turning a blind eye when we were stealing chemicals (because he did it when he was younger) :)
Picric acid is pretty evil. Don't just store it wet, but store it under a layer of water. Even then I'd be wary of it. Heck, just avoid it, it's too dangerous.
The damn thing blew up while being prodded with a stick by a friend, and I'm pretty sure the concoction was still quite wet.
Well, at least nobody was badly hurt, and we accomplished what we set out to do - which was to detonate a small amount of PA somewhere on the outskirts of town. We just didn't envision exploding it anywhere near one of the members of our team. :/
> Mr Atkinson, I salute you for making it interesting and turning a blind eye
Yeah, let's not mention "blind eyes" in this context.
