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Acacia..................................................Gum Arabic
Acetic Acid................................................Vinegar
Aluminum Oxide..............................................Alumia
Aluminum Potassium Sulphate...................................Alum
Aluminum Sulfate..............................................Alum
Ammonium Carbonate.......................................Hartshorn
Ammonium Hydroxide.........................................Ammonia
Ammonium Nitrate........................................Salt Peter
Ammonium Oleate.......................................Ammonia Soap
Amylacetate............................................Bananna Oil
Barium Sulfide...........................................Black Ash
Carbon Carbinate.............................................Chalk
Carbontetrachloride.................................Cleaning Fluid
Calcium Hypochloride..............................Bleaching Powder
Calcium Oxide.................................................Lime
Calcium Sulfate...................................Plaster of Paris
Carbonic Acid..............................................Seltzer
Cetyltrimethylammoniumbromide........................Ammonium Salt
Ethylinedichloride.....................................Dutch Fluid
Ferric Oxide.............................................Iron Rust
Furfuraldehyde............................................Bran Oil
Glucose.................................................Corn Syrup
Graphite...............................................Pencil Lead
Hydrochloric Acid....................................Muriatic Acid
Hydrogen Peroxide.........................................Peroxide
Lead Acetate.........................................Sugar of Lead
Lead Tero-oxide...........................................Red Lead
Magnesium Silicate............................................Talc
Magnesium Sulfate.......................................Epsom Salt
Methylsalicylate..................................Winter Green Oil
Naphthalene..............................................Mothballs
Phenol...............................................Carbolic Acid
Potassium Bicarbonate..............................Cream of Tarter
Potassium Chromium Sulfate..............................Chromealum
Potassium Nitrate.......................................Salt Peter
Sodium Oxide..................................................Sand
Sodium Bicarbonate.....................................Baking Soda
Sodium Borate................................................Borax
Sodium Carbonate......................................Washing Soda
Sodium Chloride...............................................Salt
Sodium Hydroxide...............................................Lye
Sodium Silicate..............................................Glass
Sodium Sulfate......................................Glauber's Salt
Sodium Thiosulfate.............................Photographer's Hypo
Sulfuric Acid.........................................Battery Acid
Sucrose.................................................Cane Sugar
Zinc Chloride.......................................Tinner's Fluid
Zinc Sulfate.........................................White Vitriol
LIST OF USEFUL HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY
Anyone can get many chemicals from hardware stores, supermarkets, and
drug stores to get the materials to make explosives or other dangerous
compounds. A would-be terrorist would merely need a station wagon and some
money to acquire many of the chemicals named here.
Chemical
________
alcohol, ethyl *
Used In
_______
alcoholic beverages
Available at
____________
liquor stores
hardware stores
ammonia +
supermarkets/7-eleven
ammonium
nitrate
instant-cold paks,
fertilizers
drug stores,
medical supply stores
nitrous oxide
at
Belmont/Clark, Chgo)
magnesium
stores
firestarters
surplus/camping
lecithin
stores
vitamins
pharmacies/drug
mineral oil
stores
cooking, laxative
supermarket/drug
mercury
mercury thermometers
supermarkets,
hardware stores
sulfuric acid
automotive stores
glycerine
stores
pharmacies/drug
sulfur
store
gardening
gardening/hardware
charcoal
charcoal grills
supermarkets
gardening stores
sodium nitrate
fertilizer
gardening store
cellulose (cotton)
first aid
drug
medical supply stores
strontium nitrate
road flares
surplus/auto stores,
fuel oil
stores,
kerosene stoves
surplus/camping
bottled gas
stores,
propane stoves
surplus/camping
purification plants
hexamine or
stores
methenamine
hexamine stoves
surplus/camping
nitric acid ^
cleaning printing
plates
printing shops
photography stores
Iodine
disinfectant (tinture)
Pharmacy, OSCO
sodium perchlorate
solidox pellets
(VERY impure)
hardware stores
for cutting torches
(camping)