Thermite on a Frozen Pond

[JoshuaMe13]

6 people from Mythbusters wanted an explosion.

[stevex18z]

i dare you to go get it

[ilikessubway]

Christ School.... wow. 

[Agentoxedo07]

Holy-Terrorist:>*=* Interesting!

[RubyParrotGirl]

i now know how adele sets fire to the rain

[skeilak]

@CSChemistry

That looks like a fun way to spend a winter afternoon.

I enjoyed watching it. And it does seem like the water at the point of ignition, is boiling on the surface of the ice.

That, is pretty cool!

[Mrjerry284]

Thats one way to melt ice

[rizendell]

your lucky it didnt explode. Havent you seen the thermite vs. ice vids.

[ytdcfjhvjvp0j]

Hmmmm...

Mythbusters did something simmilar, but it exploded.

Instead of thermite, they used blasting caps and instead of ice they used dynamite.

But seriously, they poured thermite over ice and it exploded.

[linjedomarn99]

SMOKE ON THA WATER

[pin77mov]

Just like the color of the flame before the World Trade Center collapse.

[chubbs636]

@pin77mov what, sparking red?

[majorleisk]

how u get ur hands on thermite in the uk

[Postwarchives]

lol these cool reaction are the things making me want to be a chemist or somthing :P

[VictorVonFox]

where's the boom?

[BestDadEver34]

@VictorVonFox thermite doesn't explode

[VictorVonFox]

@BestDadEver34 thermite and ice make an explosion it was proven on mythbusters

[BestDadEver34]

@VictorVonFox yes, but once the thermite hit the water, it acted like a catalyst, slowing down the reaction so it won't explode.

[chubbs636]

@VictorVonFox well it wasnt exactly proven, there where many many factors involved and its impossible to know for sure what happened.

all they proved was an explosion CAN occur when termite is burning over blocks of ice

it would be interesting if they investigated more thoroughly to find out what exactly is happening.

i think it was just a sudden release of water vapor piping through a hole created in the bottom of hte bucket puffing the thermite into the air causing moresurfac

[chubbs636]

@BestDadEver34 it does if you put it over blocks of ice apparently. check out the myth busters episode

[Ianmakingvideos]

this reminds me of china syndrome.

[ruburtoe1]

@jinzodude i know, i was be gracious. but also it depends on the mix ratio

[ruburtoe1]

@crazypeanut94 actually, the ice would obviously sublimate as the boiling point of water is 100 C and thermites burning temp is about 2000 C, douche. and i know the definition of sublimation, thats why i used it

[jinzodude]

@ruburtoe1 actually, the burning temp of thermite is estimated at 3000c

[CSChemistry]

@ruburtoe1 Actually, Crazypeanut is right. At our atmospheric pressure, ice will always turn to liquid, even if for a moment before it turns to steam. Dry ice on the other hand is a different story.

[CSChemistry]

@ruburtoe1 - check this out, just for further evidence that this is not sublimation. Our pressure on the ground is around 1.0atm (give or take a little depending on altitude). At this pressure, it is impossible to skip the liquid phase. check it out... stevengoddard.wordpress. com/2010/09/02/the-ideal-world­-phase-diagrams-part-deux/

[blindsk8r490]

@CSChemistry This is correct. Phase diagrams don't lie.

[EyeRing100]

@ruburtoe1 Nerd Alert!

[leatherdust]

Wow. I wish my school did cool shit like that.

[F4Wildcat]

you smell that...

YOU SMELL THAT?

"WHAT?"

That Iron smell!

Nothing else in the world smells like that!

I love the smell of thermite in the morning!

[jackman00110101]

Was that lake frozen solid?

[9911MU51C]

how big would a bomb have to be to burn through walkable ice?

that would be a lot easier than the ice auger

[LoneRookRS1]

I think it was fairly obvious what I expected to see.

[Julzso23]

Lol, and that's how to have a bath in a lake when it's all frozen over XD

[MLGHaloKid]

Did you say chocolate? chocolate CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE!!!!!!

[pyronerd628]

that pond sounds delicious

[ruburtoe1]

the ice going from ice to steam has a name, its called sublimation in case u wanted to change your description

[CoolShadesX]

@ruburtoe1 you're wrong. Douche



[crazypeanut94]

@ruburtoe1

actually, Sublimation is the process of transition of a substance from the solid phase to the gas phase without passing through an intermediate liquid phase. The ice obviously turns liquid before it turns to steam, douche.

[CSChemistry]

@ruburtoe1 - you are correct that Solid to gas is called sublimation. that doesn't happen with water at our atmospheric pressure. If i were able to do this experiment in a vacuum and could lower the pressure, I could make it sublime. however, that would be a large vacuum chamber, and if I were in it, my blood would boil and I'd die.

[DANGJOS]

@CSChemistry your lungs exploding if you didn't open your mouth would probably be a bigger issue

[mmahone6440]

@CSChemistry If you were exposed to a hard vacuum your blood would not boil.

[giggythore]

0:07 eeaaaass hole!!!



[BuBBleNsquEEk]

your mom fizzles out with no boom either

[ben11409995]

Because the thermite is reacting with the to reactants it will continue to burn under the water

[wraith0127]

@ben11409995 Well that was redundant, and you repeated yourself. The thermite continues to burn under water because it is "self-oxidizing" meaning it needs no outside source of oxygen like a normal fire. It gets it's oxygen from the reaction of the iron "oxide" and aluminum "oxide". It's nearly impossible to extinguish once the reaction is started.

[blackyukongold]

Now for some ice fighing

[alex054739]

easy hole ;D

[KosukiFire]

No explosion?

[JerryGiesler09]

Well, that's one way to punch a hole cleanly to go ice fishing. ;)

[LihAniaih]

@JerryGiesler09 Quick ice fishing, too. Just make sure some fish are near the thing and they'll already be cooked as you pull them out of the water :D

[jenyaneko]

that was awsome!!!! gotta love hermite, so easy to make, can make it with jsut scraps if u know where to look and it can burn threw basically anything and water can even put it out, thanx for uploading this video a truly wonderful sight to see

[klipklop100]

@jenyaneko when i make thermite and i ignite it i try to put it out by dumping sand on it but it makes glass