[MAexile]

One thing I know for certain from all my years in Chemistry, is that just about anything can be misused. You can walk into a pharmaceutical lab and make a bomb. Without too much effort I might add. It all depends on your intent.

So what do we think they were trying to do? Put a zinc coating on some metal parts, or produce some cylinders of cyanide for Al Qaeda?

[spunkets]

I think they were plating. If they were making gas, there are far better choices. Also, the qty is wrong, especially given the other items.