I was going to post this in the flamethrower thread, but I thought it was separate enough to have its own thread.
This thread is for the discussion of napalm and similar creations.
Napalm. I'm not talking about that gasoline/styrofoam bullshit.
How would one go about creating napalm or a similarly thickened fuel for the purpose of being pumped through a flamethrower? Just using kerosene for a flamethrower won't cut it for me. I've been doing some research on it and haven't found too much information. I've found that a product called "Alumagel" could be used to make napalm, but next to zero information on alumagel. Another thickener called "surefire" also caught my attention....again, next to no information about it.
Polyisobutylene (The shit in self-amalgamating tape) can be added to fuel to make it sticky from what I read. Could it still be pumped through a flamethrower though?
Thought? Ideas? Theories?
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Follow the normal procedure to make soap from palm oil but use Al(OH)3 instead of NaOH.
'lithium grease' might also work because it is just Lithium stearate... but that might not work and would be an expensive route.
Furthermore I once had the thought that you could make a really thick fuel(too thick to pump) and then add a plasticizer and boom you got yourself something pumpable with higher energy density than diesel or kerosene alone, with added Aluminium powder, say 'alumazine'-Aluminium and Hydrazine mixed.
but the cheap route would be Rubber or PIB(polyisobutylene)+ Kerosene/Diesel + plasticizer.
I agree completely. :thumbsup:
Thanks for the input. Have any suggestions for a plasticizer?
You have any input on this, Anders?
I have been told that laundry detergent works well, but I've never made it, nor do I know if that's referring to powdered or liquid.
Styrofoam burns hotter and longer than gasoline, but it's hardly napalm. Sucks cock indeed.
As for detergent, I've read that heating gas (read: not boiling) and adding soap flakes (the powdered stuff) will thicken fuel. Will it pump though?
I'd like to try. What kind of powdered soap flakes? I am not familiar with this.
Breath of the Dragon says napalm is mixing 50/50 gas/diesel with a thickener called "alumagel". That book is the reason I made this thread in the first place. I'm looking for substitutes because that book is 25 years old now, and I can't just go buy alumagel at Walmart. There really isn't a lot of info on alumagel floating around either. Most of the information I can find cites BotD as the source of information.
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