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05-11-2006, 05:22 PM
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Question about something
yes, im writing a fiction, and i want to know, How does a normal crocodile swim?
and another thing, whats an explosive MINERAL or INGREDIENT (i dont want something specific like a C4, but actually whats inside. something that is either metalic or mineralish
thanks
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05-11-2006, 06:11 PM
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I have no idea how a crockadile swims, but what about flint for an explosive metal? It does creat fire... Not sure that's exactly what you're looking for...
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05-11-2006, 06:13 PM
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Hm, I googled it and got a Star Trek page and some video games... ???
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05-11-2006, 06:42 PM
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Try Sodium and potassium, those things can go off with a bang, A sodium bomb is pretty powerful, and used to be an over the coutner, disaster waiting to happen, then it happened.
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05-11-2006, 07:08 PM
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red phosphorus - contact with air will set it off
sodium & potassium, go up rather violently on contact with water
Crocs swim by rippling their bodies through the water similar to fish, creating vortexes that roll down their sides - the tail is the propulsion & is powerful enough to almost lift them entirely out of the water when the see something they want. Interestingly, when they run, they actually lock the plates of their under-body into a solid shield & can really motor along, outrunning a man in full flight. That waddle you see mostly is not them running.
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05-12-2006, 04:49 AM
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Potassium Nitrate, the key ingrediant in black powder.
Alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, francium) all react violently with water. The further down the list, the more violent the reaction.
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05-12-2006, 10:18 AM
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I seem to remember hearing that the Army used to use a metal and catalist to create loads of heat and melt an engine block if a truck was to be left behind enemy territory. I remember it as aluminum, but can't recall for sure.
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05-12-2006, 02:00 PM
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How does a normal crocodile swim?
As opposed to an abnormal one?
With stealth…To confirm journeyman, they propel themselves with horizontal movements of their tail. Generally they move rather slowly through the water (a fraction slower than you would walk) with only their eyes and snout just breaking the surface. Hard to see the buggers!
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05-14-2006, 04:46 PM
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I also have heard that powdered alluminum{sp?} is very explosive, it's also what makes the white sparks of a fireworks show.
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05-14-2006, 05:10 PM
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crocs swim similarly to how snakes crawl on land. they make 'S' motions with their body to propel themselves. they can go surprisingly fast.
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02-28-2008, 04:37 PM
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thank you for the info!
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02-29-2008, 12:56 AM
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02-29-2008, 04:08 AM
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Nothing like reviving a nearly two year old thread to thank everyone for the answers! Love it.
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02-29-2008, 05:36 PM
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yup. sry sry, its because i havent been on the site for ages, and i just noticed so many people answered me  |
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