Napalm is a highly flammable military grade explosive. Its name is derived from the first letters of its thickeners naphthenic and palmitic acids. Napalm is highly dangerous. It burns at about 800-1200˚C and is not easily extinguishable by water as its long hydrocarbons chains resist water. Despite all this napalm can be easily made at home. In this article we will learn how Napalm is made.

First Method of Making Napalm

For this you will need:

• Styrofoam, any form of Styrofoam will do, cups, plates etc. as long as they aren’t covered in plastic or anything else. If they are you will need to strip it off.
• Gasoline or petrol (same thing)
• A metal container

Pour all the gasoline/petrol into the metal container. Add some Styrofoam to this and keep stirring till dissolved. Keep repeating the process till you can’t add any more Styrofoam. You should now have sticky looking syrup.

WARNING: Do not touch Napalm, its dangerous.

That’s it. Your homemade napalm is ready for use. Make sure you never touch napalm directly or let it come in contact with skin. Once, prepared napalm can be stored for a really, really long time.

Second Method of Making Napalm

There is another easy way to create napalm at home. For this method you will need:

• Soap. Detergents won’t work
• Gasoline or petrol
• A stove
• A double boiler

Shave the soap and add it to the gasoline in 1:1 ratio. Heat some water in the lower compartment of the double boiler and then take it off the gas. Pour the gasoline and soap shaving mixture into the top compartment and keep stirring till the soap is completely dissolved. Never keep the gasoline directly on the stove, unless you plan to blow up your house. The resulting fluid will be thick and vicious Napalm.

Napalm is the most effective fire bomb in the world. It was used extensively in the Vietnam War by US soldiers, the bombing of Japan in World War II by the US, by UN in the Korea conflict etc. Napalm was mostly used to blow enemy cover, snuff out bunkers and to completely demoralize the enemy.

Be extremely careful where you use napalm, make sure to keep yourself and everybody around you out of harms way. Napalm usually causes severe 3^rd degree burns as it sticks to the skin. You could experience 2^nd degree burns if the quantity of napalm is really low. 2^nd degree burn causes unbearably excruciating pain unlike 3^rd degree burns where pain cannot be felt because napalm burns out the nerve endings. Keep safe distance from burning napalm as the combustion produces large amounts of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide, which if inhaled can cause a person to pass out or in extreme cases die. Never use it on another human being or animal, it’s not only extremely cruel but also illegal.

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