If you dissolve styrofoam into gasoline it'll make the gas sticky, sure, but you could piss the fire out because it won't burn very well. The more stuff you put in, the greater the energy requirement to continue the reaction.
Pure H202 might be an explosive but the stuff you use to treat wounds is diluted to the point it won't blow up no matter what you do to it.
From what I've read, the napalm B that was used in Vietnam was a combination of gasoline, benzene, and polystyrene, though I'm wondering if what the ratios were, and if any additional compounds were added to accelerate burning.
The original napalm, again from what I've read, was supposedly developed during WWII was a combination of aluminum soap powder (made up of naphthene and palmitate) mixed with gasoline.
benzene is the compound added to accelerate burning. Well, I don't know if that was the intent, but it would definitely get the job done. It burns hotter and faster than gasoline. It also is so toxic that the oil industry stopped using it and admitted there is no safe concentration of benzene. I didn't even finish ochem and I'm more terrified of benzene than radiation.
If you dissolve styrofoam into gasoline it'll make the gas sticky, sure, but you could piss the fire out because it won't burn very well. The more stuff you put in, the greater the energy requirement to continue the reaction.
Pure H202 might be an explosive but the stuff you use to treat wounds is diluted to the point it won't blow up no matter what you do to it.
Interesting, and that does make sense.
From what I've read, the napalm B that was used in Vietnam was a combination of gasoline, benzene, and polystyrene, though I'm wondering if what the ratios were, and if any additional compounds were added to accelerate burning.
The original napalm, again from what I've read, was supposedly developed during WWII was a combination of aluminum soap powder (made up of naphthene and palmitate) mixed with gasoline.
benzene is the compound added to accelerate burning. Well, I don't know if that was the intent, but it would definitely get the job done. It burns hotter and faster than gasoline. It also is so toxic that the oil industry stopped using it and admitted there is no safe concentration of benzene. I didn't even finish ochem and I'm more terrified of benzene than radiation.