Mike Godwin says: > > Jef Poskanzer writes: > > > >7) don't tamp it! - it needs that O2 between the flakes of powder. > > > > Not as far as I know. > > Surely Jef's right about this--isn't the oxygen for combustion already > present in the compounds? Of course. Thats what the iron oxide is for -- its oxidizer for this reaction. However, is this really cypherpunks material? .pm