Thermite Production

Creator: Gregabyte Status: Researching Born On: 03:09, 3 July 2008 (CDT) Last Updated: 13:10, 31 October 2008 (CDT)

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.

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  Aluminum powder
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  Iron oxide powder
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  Electric bath to create the iron oxide. The bottle is being used to capture the elemental hydrogen byproduct.
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  Piece of aluminum and file used to get aluminum powder
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  Filtering out the iron oxide
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  Saturated filter paper
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  Filter paper after drying in the oven
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  Removing iron oxide from the dry filter paper
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  Iron oxide about to be powdered
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  Powdered iron oxide
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  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