Thermite Production

Thermite Production

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