The Terrorist's Cookbook Written BY: UNKNOWN AUTHOR (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) 9.0 CHECKLIST FOR RAIDS checklist for raids on labs in the end, the serious terrorist would probably realize that if he/she wishes to make a truly useful explosive, he or she will have to steal the chemicals to make the explosive from a lab. a list of such chemicals in order of priority would probably resemble the following: liquids solids _______ ______ ____ nitric acid ____ potassium perchlorate ____ sulfuric acid ____ potassium chlorate ____ 95% ethanol ____ picric acid (usually a powder) ____ toluene ____ ammonium nitrate ____ perchloric acid ____ powdered magnesium ____ hydrochloric acid ____ powdered aluminum ____ potassium permanganate ____ sulfur ____ mercury ____ potassium nitrate ____ potassium hydroxide ____ phosphorus ____ sodium azide ____ lead acetate ____ barium nitrate 10.0 useful pyrochemistry in general, it is possible to make many chemicals from just a few basic ones. a list of useful chemical reactions is presented. it assumes knowledge of general chemistry; any individual who does not understand the following reactions would merely have to read the first five chapters of a high school chemistry book. 1. potassium perchlorate from perchloric acid and potassium hydroxide k(oh) + hclo> KClO + H O 4 4 2 2. potassium nitrate from nitric acid and potassium hydroxide " + HNO ----> KNO + " 3 3 3. ammonium perchlorate from perchloric acid and ammonium hydroxide NH OH + HClO ----> NH ClO + " 3 4 3 4 4. ammonium nitrate from nitric acid and ammonium hydroxide NH OH + HNO ----> NH NO + " 3 3 3 3 5. powdered aluminum from acids, aluminum foil, and magnesium A. aluminum foil + 6HCl ----> 2AlCl + 3H 3 2 B. 2AlCl (aq) + 3Mg ----> 3MgCl (aq) + 2Al 3 2 The Al will be a very fine silvery powder at the bottom of the container which must be filtered and dried. This same method works with nitric and sulfuric acids, but these acids are too valuable in the production of high explosives to use for such a purpose, unless they are available in great excess.