Chemistry Section?

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magnet18

Joined Dec 22, 2010
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Actually, I don't believe Napalm is considered an explosive. Look up the acronym. Drs. Louis and Mary Fieser were great American chemists. They loved cats and had an old MG. Legend has it that he insisted on a parking space right in front of his office in the chemistry building as a condition for staying at Harvard.

John
Maybe not technically explosive, but it is very similar to jet fuel, and IIRC it did a good job burning down the jungle in Vietnam.

In any case, it was the fumes created from producing it that made him sick. I think he was melting styrofoam and had some bleach and stuff in there, not exactly good for the respiratory system.
But the stuff burned pretty good ;)
 
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