20 Sep
2018
20 Sep
'18
8:33 p.m.
On 09/20/2018 08:20 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
Anyone have advice on making thermite? Ingredients,
sources, proportions?
The internet seems to think that just using aluminum powder with ferric
oxide is relatively hard to ignite, and that some manganese dioxide would
help with that.
Without spending too much time shopping, it looks like I can get:
* aluminum powder, 5 micron, 2 lb for $34
* ferric oxide, 10 lb for $27
* manganese dioxide, 1 lb for $39
I'd just give the drive to my friend with a big chipper "hog" and watch
the destruction. Maybe run over it with his D8 Cat a few times. A good
hydraulic press should help. Or just melt the thing down in a forge.
--Chuck