Hi TOM,
In a message to Roy Witt you wrote:

 RW>> A dude puts alcohol mixed with a bit of liquid detergent in a light
 RW>> bulb and reseals it. When the light switch is turned on, the tungstun
 RW>> filament heats up to a glow and the alcohol/soap mixture comes to a
 RW>> boil. Since there was a bit of air left in the bulb and it was
 RW>> re-sealed, you have your explosive mixture in an airtight enclosure.
 RW>> The only thing it can do is explode as the steam displaces the air.

 RW>>Go ahead, shoot it full of holes.

 TW> I don't have to. IT dose'nt match up with any "Laws of Physics" I
 TW> know of as far as a High Order Explosion goes.

who said anything about "high order explosives"??

the sole point is that one can make a bomb out of a lightbulb and some
flamable materials... if in doubt, a quick consultation of the Anarchist's
Cookbook can help... one version uses black powder and another uses
gasoline or kerosene heated enough to melt soap chips in and then cooled...
the filament does all the work when the power is applied...

 TW> Now if it was sealed the boiling mixture would make the glass break./
 TW> but NO real Explosion. Besides the Glass o na standard light bulb is
 TW> SO thin I find it hard toi believe it would not shatter when one 
 TW> tried to cut it to remove the filiment as described in another post.

obviously, you've never used a glass cutter, either ;)

Bye bye!
  mark

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