tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397344.post4239889271896654402..comments2024-01-18T05:21:06.454-05:00Comments on Kitty Hundal: Hactivist, Byron Sonne: Justice DelayedKitty Hundalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08059516048494064191noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397344.post-13777690796370403322012-04-22T16:00:30.831-04:002012-04-22T16:00:30.831-04:00Good points Medawar. Hopefully the Judge will have...Good points Medawar. Hopefully the Judge will have some sense and realize that as well.<br /><br />Although given these sleazy attempts at deception I can only wonder what kind of pressure she is under.Kitty Hundalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059516048494064191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397344.post-9118162893659379012012-04-22T14:46:08.222-04:002012-04-22T14:46:08.222-04:00Potassium Chlorate (KClO3) is a weedkiller, as wel...Potassium Chlorate (KClO3) is a weedkiller, as well as an oxidising agent.<br /><br />Geek "explosives" made with it (usually with sugar) are fairly weak, and tend to flare rather than detonate. They are really pyrotechnics rather than high explosives.<br /><br />Detonating explosives can be made with Potassium Perchlorate (KclO4),which is a different chemical (containing more oxygen and more prone to violent decomposition: NOT used as a weedkiller). Police and prosecution experts like to keep judges and juries from appreciating the difference.<br /><br />The French commercial explosive "Cheddite" was a mixture of potassium perchlorate, oil and carbon black. It is probably the only commercial explosive that really could be detonated by the light pulse, alone, from an unmodified electronic flash gun.<br />It was mainly used in priming caps, rather than in main charges.<br /><br />There is an element of wilful deception in treating any pyrotechnic mixture made with KClO3 weedkiller as if it were a detonating material made with KCl04.<br /><br />Come to that, there are many non-explosive uses for KClO3.Medawarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119173935699236303noreply@blogger.com