Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

[Robert]

If my memory of O Level chemistry classes is anything to go by, the
idea was that you used a piece of Magnesium ribbon to ignite it. I
don't recall Manganese Dioxide being part of the recipe.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:20 PM Eric Smith via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> 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