egloskerry's channel

This purpose of this channel is to show how certain molecules and compounds react, with a focus on thermite reactions.

Many people believe thermite is just Fe3O4 and Al. However, it's actually any reactive metal and a metal oxide in a stoichiometric mix.

These videos will hopefully be a "try before you buy" thing, so you don't buy some expensive oxide and then end up disappointed with the results.

All the aluminum is 325 mesh spherical, not "dark" or "pyro" flake aluminum. I don't know the mesh of the oxides, but they are all fairly fine.

The mixes are ignited with a sparkler, but Mg wire or a KMnO4/Glycerine reaction can ignite them as well. I use a sparker because it's much easier to light than Mg and doesn't tend to go out, and because KMnO4 can contaminate the reaction.

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