Brainiac - Thermite And Ice
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How about dry ice?
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If you stick an ice cube under tap water (which is like 10degrees Celsius) it will fracture, imagine what happens to ice when its exposed to 2000 degrees hot thermite, it will explode.
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@italiansoccerrulez incorrect, 2 hydrogen + oxygen + fire = water
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@nixrate shut up
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@electiveelf no..... it will just explode, no second reaction. A Combustion reaction doesnt create H2O it creates CO2
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@nixrate actually as hammond explains the heat would break the molecular bonds breaking down into its component atoms hydrogen and oxygen. hydrogen is flammable and will explode causing another reaction making water vapour.
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@TimelessFarmer I totally concur.
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@nixrate The reality is that nobody's entirely sure -why- thermite and ice is an explosive mixture and there are many conflicting theories. You can decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen (which explodes with ignition) with heat, as you can decompose anything if you give it enough energy to do so. I doubt it is the one, personally, as I think there's not enough energy to do enough of said decomposition for the explosion. But it's still a valid theory.
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heat and electricity are both energy and can have the same effect
did you record the sound with a calculator?
CertifiedBad4ss 3 months ago 2
@CertifiedBad4ss the video is from 2008 and I guess the codecs suck :D.
LucaTurilli89 3 months ago