A white smoke bomb can be made from sulfur, pottassium nitrate, black powder, aluminium powder, iron oxide and carbon tetrachloride. It can be used either for signaling or screening.

Materials Required
Sulfur, Pottassium Nitrate, Black Powder, Aluminium Powder, Black Iron Oxide, Carbon Tetrachloride, Improvised White Flare Mix, Tablespoon , Wooden Stick, Newspaper, Quart Jar with Lid, Window screen, 10inch Fuse, 2 and half inch by 5 inch tin can and a lighter.

Procedure
Measure 3 level tablespoons of dried sulfur into the quart jar. Add 4 level tablespoons of dried pottassium nitrate to the sulfur. Add two heaping tablespoons black iron oxide. Place all ingredients on the window screen. Mix ingredients thouroughly by sieving them onto the newspaper, repeat this 3 times. Pour the ingredients back into the jar. Screw the lid on the jar tightly and mix the ingredients vigorously until even. Remove the lid and add 10 heaped tablespoons of aluminium powder then mix thouroughly with the wooden stick. Store in the jar with tightened lid until use.

Usage
Wet the ingredients in the jar to a paste consistency with Carbon Tetrachloride, do this in a well ventilated area as the Carbon Tet will give off toxic gases. Add a half cup of black powder to the paste and mix carefully with wooden stick.

Measure one heaped tablespoon of white flare mix onto a four inch square aluminium foil. Knot one end of the fuse and place in the middle of the white flare mix. Fold the corners of the foil tightly around the fuse.

Place the white smoke bomb mix into the can. Place the fused white flare device into the can just below the surface of the smoke bomb paste and ignite the flare to deploy the smoke bomb.

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