Thermite Production
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Overview
Making thermite is very straightforward. All you need is iron oxide and aluminum powder. To set it off you need a strong heat source like magnesium.
Aluminum powder
Iron oxide powder
Electric bath to create the iron oxide. The bottle is being used to capture the elemental hydrogen byproduct.
Piece of aluminum and file used to get aluminum powder
Filtering out the iron oxide
Saturated filter paper
Filter paper after drying in the oven
Removing iron oxide from the dry filter paper
Iron oxide about to be powdered
Powdered iron oxide
Ready for mixing
Updates
- 07/04/07: Initial attempt at igniting thermite mixture.
- This was a failure because the mix was not at the proper ratio.
- 07/10/07: Production of iron oxide powder has been continuing at a somewhat steady pace since the failure. Al powder production is now the bottleneck.
- 07/11/07: Apparently the best place to get aluminum powder from is from an etch-a-sketch. src
