In article , MassiveProng wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:03:52 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
Gave us:

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:54:55 -0700, MassiveProng
wrote:

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I am fully aware of how they are constructed, and why there IS
airspace in them.
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You still abundantly proved you know nothing about their chemistry to
everyone. You still are in serious need of almost any education.

Best of luck with your infantile insults, which are at least at a
level consistent with your science knowledge.

I would bet right now, ****tard, that you do not even know what is
in one. (the old, out of production REAL versions, not the **** out
there today).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-80_%28explosive%29

That article mentions use of "flash powder". A main ingredient of that
is an oxidizer that is usually a chlorate or a perchlorate of sodium or
potassium, although permanganate of potassium has been done and
permanganate of something else such as sodium is possible. Nitrates
are also cited as oxidizer. The fuel of "flash powder" is typically
powder of magnesium or aluminum, although I consider doable with a mixture
of these, also to lesser extent with titanium and other metals towards the
left end of the periodic table that do not excessively spontaneously
corrode when exposed to air (which largely excludes metals in the first
column and metals in the second column below magnesium, and Be is
impractical due to lower availability and higher toxicity of its main
oxide).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_powder

- Don Klipstein )