Thermite fire using sand instead of iron oxide.

[justanotherbum007]

bee da bee da bucket bucket heeba dubbah bucket

geetah closeup

[gtaraya]

rednik hillbilleh

[domwong676]

Bucket of Lava in real life if you noe what i mean

[TheZioShow]

Theres a hole in my bucket dear liza dear liza

[xXxchipperchopperxXx]

so exactly how does sand oxydize into metal?

[fuckingwiththestars]

sand doesn't turn into metal lol it turns into glass

[gosmiti]

Notice how the sparks from the sparklers ignite it before it burns down. The safest way is to place a straw over the sparkler to stop an premature ignition and possibly avoid scorched fingers.

[mikegalsworthy]

C'mon Jimmy - hurry up and do the close-up...

[SaddenTrap]

Nice to doing some civil war ,thanks.

[HitachiHenemaru]

"I think thats hurtin mah bukkit.." No shit.. ITS THERMITE!

[dennisleslie]

Things you can do in a trailer park with no jobs.

[sharpie610a]

I think bubba was sad ta loose his bucket, now he ain't got nuttin' ta hold his beer on the front seat while hims go bouncing down them thar country roads!!!!

LOOKS LIKE HIS WEEKEND JUST TOOK A CRAP!!!!!!!

[MusicTewns]

doesn't sand turn to glass, not metal?

[sup3rs0ldi3r]

now u need to put ur hand in that thing

[Agentoxedo07]

Holy-Terrorist:>*=* Its good idea to mix charcoal of carbon combustible with iron oxide oxidizer to produce carbon dioxide[CO2] gaz to making iron[Fe] metal?

I speak french and little english.

[dbhlnn]

they took our jrrrrrrrr!

[damaster816]

"theres a hole in the bucket, dear lisa........"

[demnlordd666]

@ionode silicone is the stuff in fake tits and window caulk, but what you meant is: Silicon, is a metalliod element that he just made by chemically reducing sand aka "silicon dioxide , with fine aluminum powder. in a redox reaction. Al + SiO2 --> AlO2 + Si. the silicon dioxide is giving away its oxygen to the aluminum at the same time the aluminum is taking it. basically both chemicals want to trade after you get them to the high starting temp.

[smartass2st]

You didnt make sand into metal. You made it into lava then a bucket of glass once cooled down.

[ionode]

@smartass2st no he made sillicone from sand and sillicone is a semi-metal like graphite

[koertje]

Sand into metal. Man your funny. What dope your using? I want it too.

[noelsingletary]

Honestly, people like this should not be playing with fire.

[noelsingletary]

He said " We're turning sand into metal." IMPOSSIBLE. Sand turns into glass.

[thomas242007]

hmmm so it does work

[MesiahCrawter]

oh look i thinks it be burnin a hole in ma bucket.. we gon have to get him a new bucket

[echoblade12]

*enter lolrus* MAH BUKKIT!

[ultrazeen380]

yew saayed ma bucket wood bey unarmed whii did yew urt ma buket?

[MarioBrosClassic]

my brothers keeper

[WilAzzamEdison]

inbred

[TheDragsterd]

NOT THE BUCKET !!

[gearsofwarmad2]

It's clear that it is no where near as efficient

[roomwithapointofview]

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza.

[TheNoisePolluter]

Sorry to hear about your poor bucket.

[thebluewriter2010]

what's that smell !

[sypoth]

Red neck glass making.

[cr0ss0ut]

jsut a heads up, the sand does nothing for the reaction.. the primary reaction taking place is the sulfur and aluminum producing aluminum sulphate and molten aluminum.. the reaction generated enough heat to melt your buck and partly use the aluminum in it as part of the reaction.. the sand doesnt do anything and actually slows the reaction down and buffers it if anything.. iron oxide donates oxygen to the reaction speeding it up and producing much more energy.

[Mandolinpossum]

@cr0ss0ut Depending on where it is from, sand contains varying amounts of iron and, consequently, iron oxide. While it's less concentrated than mixing it with pure iron oxide, the sand does play a part, if somewhat indirectly.

[cr0ss0ut]

@Mandolinpossum for what he is doing the amount of iron oxide can be considered negligible there isn't enough of it to be reacted with the amount of AL he has. also SiO2 has strong double bonds between the Si and the oxygen atoms and require a ton of energy to break them hence why sand is so inert.

[Downarrow2]

@cr0ss0ut: damn;) i thought i could make my one silicon this way ...^^

[cr0ss0ut]

@Downarrow2 lol if only! id be so rich. the price for pure Si is so high right now.

[u23bancroftl]

Turn the sand into metal? Don't think so lmao

[LooksLegitBro]

he was a good bucket, we will never forget him.

[DStylesHanska]

Mah bucket!

[TheMusicMan29]

Jack n Jill are gonna be pissed when they find out!

[bradfordjesus]

I wouldn't have gone back to it until I was totally sure reaction was over!

[truegaming1000]

somewhere a walrus is hoping his bucket is safe.....Nope. 

[Minifig666]

@ 0:30, You are doing neither of those things, particularly not the 'metal' part...

You don't know nothing about chemistry foo' :P

[panzeraid]

If you went into this thinking your bucket would come out fine you might be a red neck...

[laurensreinds]

OH NOOOOOOO!!!! my precious bucket..........



[MRSketch09]

Wow, it looked like lava...

[KungfuFr0g]

there's a hole in the bucket..

[ZiggyXZiggy]

ahh i got my outside stove ready*burns pot in to liquid*.

[stevethul1]

This is what you call a "Rednecks Fireplace".

[16BitTerror]

dude who cares, its a fucking bucket

[kaatje112]

is cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oool

[LouisLambert]

Now, where's my hammer and anvil??

[Xtremeaustin]

no top comment its my chance "PANCAKES WAFFLES"

[valinciusjv54]

What is the temp

[kennethAsher1]

If it was made better there would be no bucket, still impressive though

[MaltezaPleazaa]

how good is this mix at melting through steel?

[lukealandrummond]

How close can you stand to thermite without a mask?

[pie57pie1]

No the bucket

[crapbag1997]

ahhhh america the home of a brave and the land of the red necks

[aleafonthewind117]

Jimmy, get it close up!

[loco15912]

Sand has small amount of iron, thats why the reaction still occurs

[spikedgav]

@loco15912

no, sand is silicon dioxide, which is enough oxygen for a thermitic reaction.

[wumbodyshot1]

" i think thtat hurt the bucket"

[lockheed22]

Sand is already oxidized...SiO2. You oxidizing the Al and breaking the O2 group off the Si.

[madjimms]

Is the bucket ok?

[heshlo]

sand into metalll......... MY BUCKET!!!!

[7digitalSunday]

Where'd you get the alumina powder?

[7digitalSunday]

I Like it.

[anthony3leaves]

sence wen can u turn sand 2 metal??????? its called glass smart 1!!!!!!!!!!!

[jammybizzle666]

@anthony3leaves

sand is mainly silica, which is silicon dioxide.

this reaction produces silicon, which is a metalloid. essentially turning sand into a metal.

[alightningthief]

@anthony3leaves It doens't form glass, smart one. As glass is 75% silica (SiO2) plus Na2O, CaO, you already have a component of glass in the orginal mixture. Silicon is a metaloid, and is shiny just like a metal.

[alightningthief]

@anthony3leaves It doens't form glass, smart one. As glass is 75% silica (SiO2) plus Na2O, CaO, you already have a component of glass in the orginal mixture. Silicon is a metaloid, and is shiny just like a metal.

[plrokster309]

@anthony3leaves Sand gets reduced to Silicon, although it is not a metal, it is a semimetal.

[anthony3leaves]

@plrokster309 you mean a metalloid?

[DragonFlyback256]

@anthony3leaves

Read description Pluto. Here sand is being reduced into Silicone while it oxidizes Aluminium. Silicone is a semi-metallic element.

[DragonFlyback256]

Silicon***

[TIMMIAY]

they took eare jobz

[OpitimusJr]

i thought sand (in extreme heat) only makes glass. i didnt know it could make metal :0

[DeanDean255]

I think that hurt the bucket

[RomeFell]

@DeanDean255 We need to get you a new bucket.

[TcGizDaBest]

iron oxide burns way longer than the sand obviously. tht burned for about 10 seconds with enough mixture there to fill a bucket. if it was iron oxide mixed with powder aluminum in tht scale it would probably burn for 3 times longer.

also to the retard in the video who said "were turnin sand to metal". sand turns to glass when it melts down and cools. lol ur fkn stupid

[blkhackr]

@TcGizDaBest well technically he was correct, they were not just melting the sand, the sand was part of the reaction, the results was silicon metal being taken out of the sand

[weirdone17]

0:30 sand doesn't turn into metal... it becomes glass stupid. and what did you expect it to do to your bucket? ITS THERMITE. IT BURNS 3x HOTTER THAN LAVA.

[piranha031091]

@weirdone17 false: here, sand is reduced into elemental silicon by aluminum (which is oxided into aluminum oxide) , which is at the edge between metals and non metals. You would get glass if you heat silica sand (silicon oxide) without reducing it.

[hirodagger]

@weirdone17 twice as hot, thermite is 4000F while lava is 2000F..its 3X cooler then the surface of the sun which is 12000F..thought maybe if you insult others from their mistakes that you should be.

[weirdone17]

@hirodagger touche....

[gofroggy]

yall f'n rock.

[hobomnky]

ur not turning sand into a metal... ur get silicon which is a metalloid

[clagwell]

Specific to silicon based thermite, large amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas is normally released. Additionally, if you pour water on the remains, even more is released.

How bad was the smell afterwards?

[kentwoodkrew]

@clagwell

Hi. The smell was pretty bad. The chunk of silicon produced still stinks bad.

[jcims]

@kentwoodkrew Soak it in Hydrochloric Acid (it will eat the sulfur and stink even worse while reacting, but will leave you with more pure silicon)

[lockheed22]

@clagwell Capture the H2S gas and bubble it through water to get you some Sulfuric acid...

[Bellithe]

@lockheed22

You get stinky water sulfuric acid is produces by bubbling Sulfer trioxide through water.

[Locahaskatexu]

@clagwell where do you get hydrogen gas in this reaction? from the moisture in the air being thermolysed and binding with the sulphur you mean? Also, in this, does the sulphur act as the igniter for the main reaction? if so, it would probably react with the other constituents of the mixture, so you'd get SiS2 (which probably also explains the smell of your block :P) as well as the H2S

[clagwell]

@Locahaskatexu You very well may be right; it does tend to make sense. However, there are many articles on this type of thermite and all have said the gas is indeed hydroigen sulfide. Physics and electrical engineering is my day job, not chemistry. Gotta say I was surprised to get your message as I made that original comment more than a rear ago!

[MrForestGreen]

Interesting, I wonder if its more economical than Iron oxide thermite?

I understand the silicon dioxide is acting as the oxidizer here, but is the sulfur just a catalysis kind of?

[kentwoodkrew]

@MrForestGreen

The sulfur helps the fire get going much as it does in gunpowder.

[sloob206]

@kentwoodkrew BUT it'll slow down the burn rate and reduce some of the heat. Now i'm not familiar with silicon based thermite so the sulphur may be required but who knows, maybe you could try some without

[JavAnarkoMet]

@MrForestGreen increases the "gibbs free energy (Delta G)" in christian words makes it easier to start the fire

[Bellithe]

@MrForestGreen

A2l + 3S --> Al2S3 + heat

Going from SiO2 to Al2O3 is barely sustainable, the sulfur aluminum reaction produces the heat to push the reaction along at the cost of producing aluminum sulfide which reacts with moisture to produce H2S

[thyoutsiders]

o.O no comment. no but seriously, good job! haha i'd like to do this, but i kinda don't wanna lose my limbs (or my eyes for that matter) so i don't mess around too much. oo w8 i just remembered i have a video of a firework going off right as we lit it! lol

[thyoutsiders]

That's pretty cool! I'd like to try this, but i'm only 15!! :P

[Ffojt]

Hm... Im 14, I have made thermite many times..