Worldpress.org Science Takes on the Mother of Satan Easy to make and highly unstable, triacetone triperoxide (TATP) has been used as an explosive by Palestinian suicide bombers and, occasionally, international terrorists. Now an Israeli scientist has come up with a cheap way to test suspicious material to see if it is TATP. The next step is to build a remote detection device. By Erik Schechter. detectionexplosivesisraelsecuritytatp in entertainment > guerillawith entertainmentguerillamothersatansciencetakes