A Bomb Made of Household Supplies?

Factual Questions
1

No, I am not asking HOW to make a homemade bomb.

With that out of the way, ISTR a scene in the original Terminator in which a bomb is made of ammonia, moth balls and corn syrup. I can see the corn syrup as a conduit (is that the word?) that binds the two chemicals together. I can also see where the phenyl[sub]mumblemumble[/sub] or whatever it is in mothballs could react with the strong chemicals in ammonia.

What I don’t get is if it’s actually possible to construct a bomb this way.

Again, I am not asking HOW to do it. I’m merely asking if it can be done, or if this is mere Hollywood poetic license.

2

Fine line here.

If someone came on here and asked if you could make a bomb out of grapefruit and walnuts, I’d let it go.

While I haven’t tried to find out yet whether the ingredients can be used for a bomb, I’m not waiting for you to be told “Yeah, all you have to do is…”

You could, of course, possibly Google up the answer yourself.
Closed.

samclem GQ moderator