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The FBI wouldn't show up for this. That's more the BATFE's job.

But I digress. I think that as long as you aren't writing an actual recipe, precise enough to actually use, that you're totally safe. You're probably safe even if you DO go into detail. None of this knowledge is classified. There are youtube videos about making some pretty powerful explosives; nitroglycerin and the like. Thermite is downright tame compared to that stuff.

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