Thermite vs Hard Disk / Part 2

[Disinf3ctant]

Hey man, shouldn't that thermite boil right through the casing? They use this stuff to weld iron train tracks. Also did you buy the powdered aluminum and rust or did you make it? Thanks.

[adambus77]

@Disinf3ctant I had too small amount and It should be in a clay pot

[nevonja]

i think the HDD steel works

[surtcaldera]

The thermite is not the problem, it's the container. The aluminum can just melts and lets it out all over, so it can fall off the side or whatever. You need a flowerpot or something that can't melt. The hole in the bottom will direct the thermite straight down.

[adambus77]

@surtcaldera probably you're right. I'm gonna check it. thanks

[cal920c]

That was lame! 1 star!

[locouk]

Lame thermite... needs more iron oxide in your stuff!

[clayton8tor]

You could probally make an interesting looking computer case by melting holes in it with this stuff

[adambus77]

@clayton8tor ...now I'd think rather about some explosion...

[DandMrB]

HAHAHAHA...that was PATHETIC....

it didnt even eat through the HDD...your thermite fucking sucks....

[adambus77]

to small portion - nothing more

[DandMrB]

haha...no.

your thermite looks like it was mixed wrong

[adambus77]

I mixed it well. However, I used Al powder ~600 mesh (particles covered with stearin) and powdered iron oxide (red) so maybe it was something wrong with ingredients but not with mixing

[DandMrB]

ok, whatever dude....it still sucks...

[Particleking]

EPICOSITY

[iLuvDavidaR]

Also, you got the mix wrong. The correct ratio is 1 part Al and 4 parts Iron Oxide.

[DivinusAssassin]

It really depends on the type of Oxide you use, but generally I believe most people using Fe3O4 use a 3:1 or 3.2:1 ratio

[Splooshiba]

depends if ur talking volume or weight too

[adambus77]

well, it was red oxide probably fe2o3. Al is stearin pasiivated and about 600 mesh

[KillPolice]

weak thermite =(

[mummoforce]

That can't be well made thermite. If it was, it would have easily burned right through it in a second

[Ayomide345]

melt through a car with it lol

[RHGearhart]

how do you make alumium powder

[GMANinGA250]

You have to buy it... Or you can grind the aluminum yourself. But if you go to a machine shop, you can generally talk to the guys there, and they'll give you some or sell you some...

[mccunecp]

kik as video need more thermite lol to melt it in to a pool of metal

[adambus77]

exactly

[Zobi89]

use more iron oxide like 75%

[gjsdeath]

What are you using for your thermite? or maybe your just not using enough, because I know thermite is more powerful then that, they used it to melt clean holes through tanks...

[freakman420]

im brewing up a batch of thermite for my HDD... sensitive information needs to be destroyed quickly in certain situations...

[sandcastle136]

That thermite sucked. ):

[merged]

thermite is NOT gonna leave molten metal.....

steven jones knows it.

[buddie169]

uhhh... the thermite reaction creates molten metal... that's where the damage comes from. 4000 degree molten steel.

[StrtSk8er218]

Molten steel? You fool. It' Al and FE2O3. Aka, Aluminum and Iron. You need carbon as well as Iron to quantify as steel.

[buddie169]

Friggin fine- molten iron. Wait- no I am almost positive It is steel. I have used thermite to weld train tracks together. but it may have had carbon added- either way- properly mixed thermite burns at 4000 deg and produces a stream of molten metal. (this is not a science class)

[cheeseboat15]

Iron worker here. Train tracks are made of extruded iron. The thermite reaction does not introduce carbon into the resulting metal, therefor it is not steel.

Fe2O3 + 2Al -> 2Fe + Al2O3 + Heat

You see from the equation that what you start with is iron oxide as well as aluminum. There is no carbon in this reaction. Therefor it can not be steel.

[merged]

even if thermite WAS NOT on hard

disks "found".. moisture and dust would DESTROY'EM

thanks for the video adamus77

[Bra55Monkey]

lol, fail. Didn't even melt a hole.

[IWishIWasFinnish]

the thermite that i am going to make uses 3 parts Aluminum powder/8 parts Fe304. Does this sound like it will make good thermite or should i change my mixture?

[nicksam112]

change it to a much simpler aluminum and iron oxide, and you might want a bonding agent

[p65ls]

did you break it apart and see if it burned through the disk?

[carebare47]

now you gotta take it to a date recovery service and ask what they think.

Recon that vioded the warrenty?

[sandysandy9911]

lol

[ryanfenimore]

thermite should exceed irons melting poit by a few 100 degrees celcius.

[ryanfenimore]

that couldn't even melt a small hard disk?!  your thermite sucks. it looks more like you used Fe3O4 not red rust, but if u did use Fe2O3 then you need a lot more rust.

[dinamo606]

yep shitty thermite.. the real thing goes more than 2k degrees

[sandysandy9911]

the real thermite goes to about 4500 degrees i think

lol

[ProJoe559]

horrible thermite....

[forgetful11111]

that must be some pretty shitty thermite most likely un even mixtures but it sure is shitty no way in hell that the hard disk is strong enoph to take that much thermite

[psycopathicmurderer]

WOW thats one tought hard disk I used thermite on a steel plate and it went straight through

[sandysandy9911]

that thermite waz reli shit

lol

[wizkidweb]

Wow, I'm surprised. I thought that the thermite would completely vaporize the hard disk.

[sandysandy9911]

it wus hav if he had used gud thermite.

lol

[sandysandy9911]

****wud not wus****

lol

[kingdwyer]

gd 5*