• hellofriend@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Fun fact: mixing polystyrene and gasoline results in a flammable jelly that sticks to anything.

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      22 days ago

      I mean… That’s literally how napalm is made…

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        21 days ago

        Napalm is aluminum salts of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid. The aluminum saponifies the other two constituents resulting in a fuel-gel mixture. Polystyrene + gasoline is dollar store napalm, not the real deal.