tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post114234943705076003..comments2023-12-16T07:28:27.968-05:00Comments on Notes from the Technology Underground: Pressure Cooker BombsWilliam Gurstellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12504155694151207039noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-59884474221180563382011-12-28T14:56:01.072-05:002011-12-28T14:56:01.072-05:00They use pressure cookers because they can contain...They use pressure cookers because they can contain pressure and cause a low velocity explosive to do much more damage. If you contain gunpowder in a pressure vessel it will be more powerful. Same principal as a pipe bomb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-10694618112799768222011-08-29T09:18:21.382-04:002011-08-29T09:18:21.382-04:00yes there are that many pressure cookers crossing ...yes there are that many pressure cookers crossing nepal india border. Every house hold has at least one pressure cooker, mine has 3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-1142744397437725082006-03-18T23:59:00.000-05:002006-03-18T23:59:00.000-05:00If you live in the mountains you need a pressure c...If you live in the mountains you need a pressure cooker. At high altitudes water boils at lower temptures and it can take forever to cook food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-1142580555237445032006-03-17T02:29:00.000-05:002006-03-17T02:29:00.000-05:00I heard of something called a 'hellcat' one time.I...I heard of something called a 'hellcat' one time.<BR/><BR/>It might be BS, I heard it around the watercooler, but it involved a pressure cooker, thermite, and gasoline. <BR/><BR/>It was a fuel/air bomb, and I'm sure you can google or wikipedia that to see how they work, but it has something to do with super-heating the gas without it boiling until the pressure cooker blows up, and then, on whatever principle fuel/air bombs work, the aresoled superheated gas causes a huge concusive wave, or something to that effect.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what the margin would be in putting conventional explosives in a pressure cooker, why would that be more significant than a putting TNT in a coffee can or a picnic basket, but this thermite/petrol thing at least sounds like something distincty differnt that would make use of the pressure cooker's defining properties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com