How to Make a "Bomb" With Dry Ice

Get some dry ice and break it into chunks that will fit in a bottle, any bottle., Take a plastic bottle, such as an empty 2 liter (0.5 US gal) soda bottle, and fill it about 1/4th full with warm water. , Put a few chunks of dry ice into the bottle...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Get some dry ice and break it into chunks that will fit in a bottle

    You must use gloves when touching dry ice, or else you will burn your hands.
  2. Step 2: any bottle.

    , Put on the cap until you begin to feel resistance to squeezing the bottle, then loosen the cap a small amount.

    Set the bottle on the ground, still squeezing it, and quickly tighten the cap as tight as possible, then move away quickly to a safe location. ,
  3. Step 3: Take a plastic bottle

  4. Step 4: such as an empty 2 liter (0.5 US gal) soda bottle

  5. Step 5: and fill it about 1/4th full with warm water.

  6. Step 6: Put a few chunks of dry ice into the bottle using either your gloved hand

  7. Step 7: or some tongs

  8. Step 8: and squeeze the middle of the bottle.

  9. Step 9: Eventually

  10. Step 10: most likely within a couple minutes

  11. Step 11: the bottle will explode from the pressure.

Detailed Guide

You must use gloves when touching dry ice, or else you will burn your hands.

, Put on the cap until you begin to feel resistance to squeezing the bottle, then loosen the cap a small amount.

Set the bottle on the ground, still squeezing it, and quickly tighten the cap as tight as possible, then move away quickly to a safe location. ,

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