Many chemicals have a shelf-life and can become more hazardous as time goes on. This webpage discusses two classes of time-sensitive hazardous chemicals: peroxide forming solvents and certain ...

Peroxide-forming chemicals are a class of compounds that have the ability to form shock-sensitive explosive peroxide crystals. Many of the organic solvents commonly used in Connecticut College’s ...

Both peroxide-based explosives and nitroglycerine are highly sensitive to physical shocks and sparks from electrical sources. The FBI and Homeland Security memo noted that all a peroxide explosive ...

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British authorities now believe the bombs used in the London attack were of a homemade variety and are similar to the one Richard Reid was carrying when he tried to blow up a plane in 2001. British ...

A peroxide-based explosive that has been employed by Islamic State extremists was found Wednesday in an apartment outside Paris that authorities suspect might have been in use as a lab for possible ...

Smiths Detection has a new hand-held vapor detector that can screen for volatile chemicals like peroxide that are often used in homemade bombs, the Pine Brook, N.J. company says. The SABRE EXV (for ...

In the cookbook of home-brew bomb making, one of the simplest recipes is for a concoction known as TATP. Its essential ingredients are acetone, the active component of nail polish remover, and ...

An Upstate man has been arrested for allegedly possessing explosives, and state authorities say it is part of a federal investigation. According to a release and affidavits from the South Carolina Law ...

The 39-page memo recovered from an al-Qaeda laptop computer in Pakistan three years ago read like an Idiot's Guide to Bombmaking. Forget military explosives or fancy detonators, it lectured. Instead, ...