So I have over 300 cell phone repair videos posted to YouTube, and even that gets a little
bit boring for me and I love fixing stuff. So today we’re going to do something a little
bit different. We’re going to take some Tannerite and blow up an iPhone 6. What is
Tannerite you ask? Well let me tell you. Tannerite is a binary explosive. That means it has two
basic components; ammonium nitrate which is used in some fertilizers, and aluminum powder.
Both of these components are very stable by themselves and even when mixed together they
are safe to handle. They only thing that will make this mixture explode is a high velocity
bullet. An explosion cannot be created by using flame or electricity. This bottle is
the equivalent of a small bomb. You probably shouldn’t try this at home. Alright so here
is the iPhone 6; fully functioning. It’s the gold version. So we’re going to tuck
it right down in there in the top. And then put the cap back on. I have a GoPro there,
we got the Tannerite there in the center, and my GoPro is sitting farther up on that
pallet. And then this is the SKS. This is what we’re shooting with. It fires at 7.62
by 39 millimeter round. So the only thing that will make Tannerite explode is a high
velocity bullet. These are .22 bullets and they travel around 1400 feet per second. That’s
not enough to explode Tannerite. You need one of these guys. This is what goes inside
of the SKS and this travels at 2300 feet per second. And only a bullet traveling faster
than 2200 feet per second will make the Tannerite explode. So it’s pretty safe stuff…for
the most part.
(Boom)
(Ka-Boom)
So this is where the Tannerite was. This is part of the LCD screen; back foil. This as
well. This is the QR code that’s on the back of every iPhone screen. Right there you
can see the crater from the Tannerite and over here, probably about 30 feet away, are
all the individual chunks of the battery. So the battery is made up of copper layers.
So there’s one there. There’s one here. Little bit more of the batteries. Still looking
for the metal housing. There’s a little bit more of the battery. There’s my GoPro.
There’s a bit more of the battery here. That is a pretty impressive crater that the
Tannerite left. Bits of the iPhone are scattered for around 30 feet in every direction. Found
some more of the back metal plate. This is what goes on the back of the LCD, inside the
metal housing. It even has some of the screws still attached to it. I think it’s safe
to say that the iPhone 6 does not survive 4 pounds of Tannerite. What should I do to
my next phone? Let me know down in the comments and hit that subscribe button for future carnage.
I am definitely not going to stop doing my tear downs and durability tests, but a guy
has to have fun every once in a while. Thanks for watching. Hope to see you around.