Thermite Balls

[luthmhor]

It does this naturally, making enough heat to burn through a piece of paper easily. The striking area of the spheres is so small that it produces huge stresses and high heat. The sparks are possibly the iron oxide burning off. The aluminum is just an oxidizer (used to basically start the combustion) in this case though you have enough initial energy that the aluminum oxidizer probably isn't necessary, or even doing anything.

[hilers72652]

wouldn't steel on steel make sparks anyways? or have i been misinformed about the composition of my steel nails or steel hammer?

[jtjjbannie]

Are you saying, if I wrap a rusty steel ball with aluminum foil and bang it against another rusty steel ball, it makes a spark?

[mynameismatt2010]

"OWW MY FINGER!!!!!"

[ductape95]

Aluminum BBs + BB gun + Rusty steel plate = AMAZING

[DIMZEROCENT]

are your fingers OK ? :)

[Ajaxman120]

Good thing he diddent hit his fingers. that would hurt like a somebitch.

[cstarz32]

YEAH! THIS GUY USED TO BE MY SCIENCE TEACHER! Hello Mr. Ellingson

[SoullessSkater]

i would be scared of smashing my fingers together between the bearing DX

[k97c]

they sound like light sabers!!!!! :O

[JauhoPeltola]

Those are true balls of steel.

[FreakBagVideos]

did you slam your finger once during this vid ? xD

[talha318]

hmm this is interesting and the release of energy as sparks is caused by the energy generated as heat from the friction of him striking/sliding the two together causing the the aluminum on one ball to undergo a thermite reaction with the iron oxide on the other ball....the reason the whole thing doesn't ignite is that only the surface area(which is small) where the aluminum is in contact with the other ball is reaching ignition Temp. because thats where impact is from striking them together

[MrNaglest12]

idiot!

[musikTECH]

Reminds me of one of those fire-starter kits that use a stick of flint.

[tyskizee]

Thermite is 8 grams of iron oxide to 3 grams of aluminum. The formula is by weight but because aluminum is very light, it will appear to be approximately a 50-50 mix. Put them together in a container and mix them until it is an even mixture. If you want, mix four parts thermite with one part clay or Play-Doh and knead thoroughly for moldable thermite.

[tyskizee]

step 1) Break open an Etch-A-Sketch, the stuff inside is pure aluminum powder

step 2) Take some steel wool then put it in a jar and then cover it wool with water. Use a magnet to make sure the steel wool doesnt float during the reaction process. Next, put in 5 tablespoons of regular bleach into the water and 5 tablespoons of regular vinager. Wait a day or so and then filter the brown paste with a coffee filter. Leave it out to dry overnight.

[reddog418]

@tyskizee Step 3) Throw away all that shit and just buy it off eBay.

[loxixable]

bang bang bang bang bang bang oh fuck my hand!

[volodymyrm1]

the sparkly ballzz weeee

[NightPrLover]

U can but u can also do it with a sparkler

[spyshocker]

@lk0056 you are a tard no offence lol

[deathcorepyro]

wow r u serious guys thermite aint that hard to make

for iron oxide u need a 9 volt battery in salt water with a nail attached to the batt.

then u take aluminum powder from an etch a sketch

i forget the ratio but thats easy to find

[Partylikeaturtle]

@deathcorepyro

I think you're supposed to ignite it with magnesium for it to burn right?

[deathcorepyro]

@Partylikeaturtle

you dont have to anything that burns super hot like a sparkler and that was me above on my bros ipod

[chickenkicker94]

thermite is caused by a redox reaction when the oxygen from the iron oxide is transferred to the aluminum, making aluminum oxide. the enthalpy of thermite is about -850, but it is all released quickly, resulting in liquid iron after the reaction. in this demonstration there is not enough energy to make a thermite reaction. what you are seeing is the partially pyrophoric qualities of iron. sorry, no thermite.

[funwithhydrogen]

@chickenkicker94 its thermite on a small scale

[lk0056]

Chuck Norris has lava balls and I have thermite balls and thermite is 2 times hotter (stronger) than lava =)

[funwithhydrogen]

@lk0056 your a tard

[TheDeserteagle95]

They are Chuck Norris's gobstoppers

[Discipline87]

chuck norris has thermite balls aswell

[fly2000jtb]

Robert what were you trying to light them with? how did you get them to stick together in the ball we mean? our sound was off so we could not hear? cool video anyway thanks Joseph T fly2000jtb

[pocholox8]

you just made a firestarter!!

[boowhoo5000]

Oh ignorance! This is definitely a thermite reaction. Also, not mentioned here, is the aluminum being "welded" to the bell bearing -- there is a large amount of heat generated by this reaction, but also on a much smaller scale than the classic large-scale reaction. The kinetic energy due to friction is enough to overcome the activation energy, albeit briefly.

[robertellingson]

@boowhoo5000 Right on you said what i needed to say. I liked how he said the balls would completely melt as if they were completely made of iron oxide and aluminum.

[Malahak21]

You do realize that real thermite is a powder that must be ignited with an extremely high temperature fuse such as magnesium, right? And that a thermite reaction would melt both ball bearings and your hands? Those sparks are created simply from tiny slivers of ball bearing that carry enough friction to ignite breifly. You can do the same thing with a flint rock.

[davers1610]

@Malahak21

to my knowledge a high pressure will be exerted when the two balls are connected and cause the aluminium to go into solid solution with the oxide on the ball then being removed at i high enough temperature to ignite. Also the sparks are far to bright white to be steel sparks,

[DARKLINXMASTER2]

THE BALLS ARE NOT INERT

[maxinpains]

It seems like this American guys likes to play with balls& take a video of it. Welcome to gay marrage right group. Congraz!

[explosivefreak666]

Everybody says I 've got great balls of fire..(AC/DC)

[RedBar001]

Interesting, nice vid!

[XxNaRuToAsDfxX]

i just click this vid to say giggidy 

[onetwopussies]

impressive balls up

[MrShammalamma]

His Balls of Steeeeeeeellllllll

[TheGuitarkid15]

@MrShammalamma or iron....either way, hes got big balls XD

[bowlingbrocker]

This is not thermite!!! It requires a great deal of energy or heat to start a thermite reaction (a lot more than you are providing). All you are doing is creating sparks through friction!!!

[r3ap3r1984]

@bowlingbrocker Your a dumb ass shut up!

[TheBlacktigerTv]

all it is is a reaction between the rusted Iron (Fe2O3) and the Aluminum (2Al) cause by friction...that is not thermite

[Assi2004]

@TheBlacktigerTv

thermite is thermite, it doesnt matter how u igite the reaction or how much reacts!

[Cssfiend]

i wouldnt like to do that int he dark, looks like a great way to lose a couple of fingernails and the use of a ahnd for a week

[YMe1121]

this is not a thermite rxn a) most people use magnesium to light thermite,if he is able to get those balls to a few thousand degrees in a milisecond, then he must be god, seeing as how magnesium burns that hot, and how would he be able to hold the balls? b) if he is able to make molten iron from that, why doesnt the rest of the iron he is holding go into the liquid state, if it is hot enough to make molten iron, like a true thermite reaction is, then why didnt the iron balls he was holding melt?

[Wond3rballs]

@YMe1121

he is doing

Fe2O3 + 2Al → 2Fe + Al2O3 + heat

which is thermite.

[YMe1121]

@Wond3rballs

you still need an immense amount of heat to get over the the activation energy, just him hitting the balls together would not be enough to produce the same amount of energy as burning magnesium...

[Wond3rballs]

@YMe1121 Friction between the balls causes this heat at the point of contact. Giving you that big spark.

[myjizzureye]

You can hold my warm balls in your hand any day of the week.

[AnarchicDeadfall]

Omg, what if you played baseball with a rusty bat and a baseball wrapped in aluminum? Would that even work?

[hpibigfan]

osom fia starta XD

[deltaalpha21074]

Wow you know how to make sparks; try Kiddie sparklers lot less work....and easy to do...

[sarkisskate]

his mom won't let him use the lighter

[allmdiym]

i used to play with those when i was younger. Now i know how to make them thanks

[disturbedone5009]

I was waiting for it to ignite and burn his hand off...

[ohmahgawdfilms2]

@disturbedone5009 lol thermite requires a high temperature to ignite. I think it was somewhere between 200 and 300 degrees Fahrenheit

[panzuman]

same reaction but not the right effect

[douchebagguette]

Nice :)

[Peterditaa]

this has nothing to do with thermite?!?!

[potheadpenguin]

It is exactly the same reaction, the foil is made of aluminium and when you hit the balls hard enough together the point of contact gets hot enough for a reaction to happen

[douchebagguette]

This is the same reaction as thermite, just not as hot.

[CleanSweaper]

it is just as hot, otherwise it would not be any reaction lol

[PyroJamable]

@douchebagguette I believe that is just tiny particles of aluminium being scrapped off and ignited.

[vinczeee]

yes, a very small ammount of thermite is created when shards of iron oxide from the balls and aluminum from the foil mix and is ignited by the friction when slammed together?!?!

[supercellwish]

what would happen if I attacjed a peice of Aluminum pipe to a high speed drill and ground it up against a rustty peice of railway track or somthing? I might try it

[douchebagguette]

Not much, the aluminium would not be powdered, therefor it would not react fast enough, and therefor nothing would happen.

[MrCensorman]

you got that off of steve spangler science which is cool but it is not thermite at all

[babyeatsdingos]

Actually yes it is.

[PyroJamable]

@babyeatsdingos no its not, its just aluminium being scrapped off and ignited.

[babyeatsdingos]

@PyroJamable Yes they are ignited by the heat of reducing the iron, also know as a thermite reaction.

[PyroJamable]

@babyeatsdingos there is not enough heat to get any where near starting the reaction with the iron oxide, the same thing would happen if you used any other heavy object like a brick, try it its just aluminium burning in the air.

[12GaugeLosAngeles]

wow, he made sparks... i'm telling all my friends.

[pyroplusBigP]

why did you watch it then ? he just showed something you could do proberly

[BundyBrownie]

fuck u beta tell ur friends fast hurry up.

[bestSVMS]

you just have to slide them together at high speeds

you dont need to tap them together

[aimielovesamad]

Pause it at 0:34 & 0:39 seconds haha

[djk746]

genius...thats all i can say...genius

[squmbertinski]

gay title

[seandizzy]

information on thermite paste?

[agent00redneck]

Ya. I know that Thermite is 25% Aluminum powder and 75% iron oxide. I think you just add dextrin until it is a patty-like form. If you wanted past, you'd probably just add like water or something. I don't know.

[Tommyboyblitz]

im sure some saltpeter or sulphur is included or somthing.

[douchebagguette]

No KNO3 (salt peter) or sulphur is included.

That is balck powder you are thinking of...I think...

[fish3kgt]

i dont care what anyone else has said... this is fuckin awesome.. i been tryin just makin thermite.. i never thought of this.. great idea man... 5 stars

[nachoags15]

You can use this to light a bonfire when you don´t have matches!

[vivamexicochemo]

That' s so boring!  get a job!

[bestSVMS]

its not hard

why did it take you so many tries to make the sparks?

[camaronandlilith]

how did he not hit his finger in the dark i was waiting for it but it never happened

[hilers72652]

because he doesn't need to see his hand to know where it is.

[Guyya93]

not the brightest thing ive ever seen BUT still cool... try making the powdery kind of thermite cause thats alot cooler!! XD

[antiswattt]

that awesome... do you thing you can ignite thermite with throwing some heavy metal thing at rust and aluminium powder to be like... putting them together?

[SpeedMetal4635]

wow this is a great idea for make the fire in a camping day

[Emesztomaci]

What is your problem??? Please learn a bit more chemistry before writing comments.... I think, I must help you to begin learning: The rust consist hydrated iron oxides, (Not only Fe2O3) Iron oxide-hydroxide, and iron hydroxide. I haven't got enough space to write the all, so you must open a chemistry book for more info.

[cinijast]

you are an isiot , iron hydroxide is not rust , its a commercial cleaning porduct , note the hydroxide

[Emesztomaci]

have you ever learned chemistry???? the commercial cleaning product is potassium-hydroxide or sodium hydroxide. The hydroxide is an anion, not a real material. So: The iron firtst oxides to Fe2+ witch reacts with 2 OH- and makes Fe(OH)2. This oxides and makes Fe2O3.6H2O. But this reaction is slow, and not pure Fe2O3 is the end. And an other thing: You cant ignite the termite with smashing... It needs high temperature to ignite, for ex. a sparkler. Hahaha I blocked ya :D

[Emesztomaci]

And the aluminum foil isn't 100% aluminum, it's an alloy, but I don't know exactly the components. And the termite has orange sparks... And you really like it?? It is just a cheap toy for bored children...

[marmaladekamikaze]

na it's pretty pure man...there may be a layer of plastic coating on the foil though.

[alanaldapierce]

No it's not really pretty pure at all. When melting the ingots they go through constant sampling of the molten aluminum to make sure it's the proper alloy. Aside from aluminum you also find zinc in Al foil

[markbeotch]

wow your a dumb ass first of all its iron oxide second of all its nothings but rust

[ryder4782]

Are you retarded you need aluminum powder two or else rusty things could just be set on fire and they would melt.

[markbeotch]

sry replied to the wrong person

[Emesztomaci]

Rust isn't iron oxide!! Rust is iron-oxi-hydroxide, and iron hydroxide!

[Rangerx52]

wow. you're a whole new brand of fucking idiot, arent you.

[Emesztomaci]

And you're a fucking noob who sit all day behind the computer arent you.

[BPinthemorning]

Your amazingly dumb. This comment just made my day...

[helyndeath]

you could see the foil glowing white in the dark xD

[desinfector]

nice, dude.

mayb this can b used as percussion fuse?

[roidroid]

so simple anyone can have a go!

[Galforg]

That's pretty awesome actually, have to try that some time!

[Ralse]

that's pretty good... apparently it doesn't need much motivation to give an effect