Re: Urine as fuel

Just curious but your saying that if you mix urine with cornstarch and dry,
repeat. This will create an explosive, i assume, nitrostarch.   I assume
there is some microbial action taking place for the conversion of Nitrogen
to nitrate.  Otherwise I dont believe it.



"Geeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bruce again) wrote in message
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> > I once heard back in high school that urine added to cornstarch and
> > allowed to dry, over and over again, several times, can eventually
> > cause an explosion.
>
> There we have it: Urea.
> Urine contains nitogen compounds such as urea.
> Urea was once obtained from (cattle) urine but now is
> artificially synthesized.
> It has thousands of uses , from cosmetics and (yuck) food
> additives to EXPLOSIVES.
>
> Adding urine to cornstarch and allowing it to dry, OVER AND OVER,
> will gradually build up the levels of nitrates forming explosive
> compounds with the cornstarch.
>
> The original question wasn't silly after all.
>
> >
> > BTW, if you don't actually know. Why joke ?? As for the rest, laffity
> > laff laff laff.
>