Mixing hydrogen peroxide with blood to produce a foam explosive
The chemistry of liquid explosives became more widely understood, following the unsuccessful terrorist plot to blow up planes flying between the UK and the US in 2006. Intelligence sources named triacetone triperoxide (TATP) as a possible terrorist explosive because it could be made by mixing hydrogen peroxide with other household chemicals.
In this demonstration I mix hydrogen peroxide with blood to produce a foam rather than a liquid explosive.
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