Thermite reaction - red iron oxide (HQ)

Thermite is a pyrotechnic composition of aluminium powder and a metal oxide which produces an aluminothermic reaction known as a thermite reaction. It is not explosive, but can create short bursts of extremely high temperatures focused on a very small target for a short period of time.
The aluminium reduces the oxide of another metal, most commonly iron oxide, because aluminium is highly combustible:
Fe2O3 + 2Al = 2Fe + Al2O3 + Heat

I had protection while doing this, and 4 buckets of water.
If you try this at home, be very careful. Be sure to have good protection!

The thermite in this video is made whit red iron oxide and atomized aluminium 44 µm.


Im filmed this with a HD-camera, so I can upload the video it in much better quality another place soon :-)

Music:
H-Blocks The Power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJQy8_Qev28

Produced by:
ThScience www.ThScience.no

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[billytalentrocks345]

NORWAY FTW!! where did u get this in Norway? I also want to buy salpetre (kno3), any clue where to get it exept felleskjøpet and pharmacy ??

[ThScience]

Yeah! Norway rocks! :D

The iron oxide is from an art/pottery store (in Oslo) and the aluminium from a (Swedish) shop on the internet.

I have also some aluminium from a store in Poland in my basement / lab, I use that in one of my other Thermite videos! Visit my youtube channel.

Kjemishop . com is a Norwegian internet store that sell KNO3 (1kg for ca. 50 NOK), but there site is down for upgrading or something now

[legionnaire100]

ok 4 things

1 way to go wasting money in fucking poland

2 rust is very easy to find and grind for free although aluminium may need some effort (try a electric sander?)

3 uh use a magnesium strip and make the mix a ittle "less perfict" to avoid having it blow up in your face :(

4 did you say black iron oxide? um thats kinda um explosive Stoichiometry

[ThScience]

1 Chemicals are cheep in Poland.

2 I didnt bye rust from Poland, only aluminium and it was cheep.

3 I did you sparkler as a fuse in my second thermite video: watch?v=UKSm8kK8ILQ

4 No, I used red iron oxide.

[aapinator]

what cam did u use for this, n where can i get tht stuff

[ThScience]

Canon HG10

You can buy the chemicals online.

I got my iron oxide from a local art/pottery store and the aluminium from a shop on the internet.

You dont need so very fine powder for thermite, so you can make it yourself I think, but it is much simpler / easier to buy it.

[solojam]

do this on someones engine block on there car hahaha owned

[dusterdei]

Well accually the 4 buckets of water you had isnt going to be much protection since the water can cause a phreatomagmatic explosion, spraying hot fragments in all directions. o.O so yea lol

[Verradonairun]

@legionnaire100 "fucking poland" ?! way to go for a redneck who can't spell. Go fuck yourself, eskimo!

[punxsutawneybarney]

A Florida engineer, Jonathan Cole, recently demonstrated how to use packaged thermite to cut steel girders, box columns, and bolts. See my video:

Incendiary Experiments

[Jucoize]

I think I did something like this when I was five and playing around with iron replacement, for water softeners. My mom always used to tell me I was going to blow myself up and not to come crying when I was missing some body parts..... Thanks mom!

[tarjeivraadal]

"Thermite er kraftige saker"

hæhæhæhæ se det lyset XD

jævlig fett :)

[tjinga2u1]

i got iron from the ground with a mganet i think its iron oxide and i just grinded up a luminum can and cadded some charcoal so it will be easyer to light =) but i only had  a small amount so it might be like a very hot fire cracker

[IMAWESOMEANDUNOIT]

@explosiveooze its 2 parts Fe2O3 to every 1 part 2Al.

[IMAWESOMEANDUNOIT]

@legionnaire100 thermite doesnt explode.

[Silky2dope]

use a fuse

[CapaciousCore]

Congrats no brain ...

USE FUSE!!! b4 u lose hand or head...

[Ffojt]

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Hahaha, se det lyset! Hørtes ut som du hadde blitt kastrert eller noe..;-P