On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:59:03 +0000 (UTC), "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote:

Bob Larter wrote:

You're kidding! Why not?

My guess is that someone thinks you can mix ammonia and various household
items to make a bomb, but what I think happened is that someone who
can't read the Hebrew warnings on the bottle cleaned their toilet with
ammonia and clorox and they had to evacuate the whole neighborhood.

Now the most exotic toilet cleaner you can buy is something called
"hot water" (may cham) which is a mild dilution of hydrochloric acid. So mild,
I don't think it will cause skin burns.

Geoff.

Actually, if you mix household ammonia and household tincture of
iodine you can produce trivial amounts nitrogen tri-iodide. Maybe
enough to break your skin. There are some other chemicals that can be
made as well. However due to the low active concentrations of
household chemicals the yield is extremely poor. More pigheaded
legislation.