After that, my brother and his step-son shot off some more conventional fireworks.
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Paracelsus would be proud!
- Thread starter DrLeftover
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Finally had a chance to do a large scale test of an idea I had to 'tweak' the recipe.
It, ahhh, well. Worked... almost explosively. (and remember, of the four ingredients in the mixture, NONE of them will burn like this on its own!)
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You can see the exothermic reaction sparks even in full daylight.
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The mixture was in an aluminum pie pan.
The pie pan is now pretty much GONE, so it did reach the vapor point, if not the ignition point, of aluminum.
It, ahhh, well. Worked... almost explosively. (and remember, of the four ingredients in the mixture, NONE of them will burn like this on its own!)
345.jpg
You can see the exothermic reaction sparks even in full daylight.
346.jpg
The mixture was in an aluminum pie pan.
The pie pan is now pretty much GONE, so it did reach the vapor point, if not the ignition point, of aluminum.
@DrLeftover: Very impressive!
Questions:
How long does it take to put something like this OUT?
What would this be used for?
What's next now that you have the formula down and working?
Questions:
How long does it take to put something like this OUT?
What would this be used for?
What's next now that you have the formula down and working?
The main reaction burned itself out in a couple of minutes. "Side fires" went out soon thereafter.
Real thermite is used to field weld things like railroad rails and bridge stays as it reaches the melting point of steel.
I still haven't found a cheap digital scale that I can use to measure the ingredients to document the process, so, that's next.
@DrLeftover: Very impressive indeed! 
