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Invisible wrote:
> If I were to go down this route, obviously I'd purchase some
> professionally prepaired thermite. But it seems kind of an expensive way
> just to get rid of some old SCSI HDs...
I don't think they can ship the ingredients in a mixed state. Too much
potential for a high-intensity fire.
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~Mike
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Or on a block of ice, particularly in an enclosed space.
You must have seen Mythbusters... :)
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On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:18:22 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
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>> Or on a block of ice, particularly in an enclosed space.
>
> You must have seen Mythbusters... :)
Every week it's on.....we even got to see them live here in Salt Lake
City - that was fun. :-)
Jim
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
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>> If I were to go down this route, obviously I'd purchase some
>> professionally prepaired thermite. But it seems kind of an expensive
>> way just to get rid of some old SCSI HDs...
>
> I don't think they can ship the ingredients in a mixed state. Too much
> potential for a high-intensity fire.
I was under the impression that thermite is quite hard to ignite.
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>> Or on a block of ice, particularly in an enclosed space.
>
> You must have seen Mythbusters... :)
No - but I've seen Brainiac...
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:31:19 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Or on a block of ice, particularly in an enclosed space.
>>
>> You must have seen Mythbusters... :)
>
> No - but I've seen Brainiac...
Mythbusters does air over there, but I forget on which channel. You'd
probably like it - partly for the funthings they do, and partly because
you could deconstruct what they're doing and see the flaws in their
methods.
Jim
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On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:30:57 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>
>>> If I were to go down this route, obviously I'd purchase some
>>> professionally prepaired thermite. But it seems kind of an expensive
>>> way just to get rid of some old SCSI HDs...
>>
>> I don't think they can ship the ingredients in a mixed state. Too much
>> potential for a high-intensity fire.
>
> I was under the impression that thermite is quite hard to ignite.
Not particularly, no. From Wikipedia:
"Ignition of a thermite reaction normally requires only a simple child's
sparkler or easily obtainable magnesium ribbon, but may require
persistent efforts, as ignition can be unreliable and unpredictable."
That said, if you have a good fuse or a blowtorch, it can be ignited
quite simply, at least from the demonstrations I've seen on Mythbusters.
Jim
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>>> You must have seen Mythbusters... :)
>> No - but I've seen Brainiac...
>
> Mythbusters does air over there, but I forget on which channel. You'd
> probably like it - partly for the funthings they do, and partly because
> you could deconstruct what they're doing and see the flaws in their
> methods.
Oh, I do watch it from time to time. A lot of the stuff they do isn't
that interesting. I did see them testing whether you can use explosives
to paint a room (no, oddly enough), whether shooting the window of an
airplane causes it to explode (also no), whether that guy in the Darwin
Awards could have got shot in the groin by using a bullet as a car fuse
(yet again, no), and whether a coin dropped from the top of the Empire
State Building would puncture human flesh (surprisingly, no).
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>>> I don't think they can ship the ingredients in a mixed state. Too much
>>> potential for a high-intensity fire.
>> I was under the impression that thermite is quite hard to ignite.
>
> Not particularly, no. From Wikipedia:
>
> "Ignition of a thermite reaction normally requires only a simple child's
> sparkler or easily obtainable magnesium ribbon, but may require
> persistent efforts, as ignition can be unreliable and unpredictable."
>
> That said, if you have a good fuse or a blowtorch, it can be ignited
> quite simply, at least from the demonstrations I've seen on Mythbusters.
Not too much danger of a parcel in the mail accidentally getting
blowtorched, I would think...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:55:38 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> I don't think they can ship the ingredients in a mixed state. Too
>>>> much potential for a high-intensity fire.
>>> I was under the impression that thermite is quite hard to ignite.
>>
>> Not particularly, no. From Wikipedia:
>>
>> "Ignition of a thermite reaction normally requires only a simple
>> child's sparkler or easily obtainable magnesium ribbon, but may require
>> persistent efforts, as ignition can be unreliable and unpredictable."
>>
>> That said, if you have a good fuse or a blowtorch, it can be ignited
>> quite simply, at least from the demonstrations I've seen on
>> Mythbusters.
>
> Not too much danger of a parcel in the mail accidentally getting
> blowtorched, I would think...
Perhaps, but transporting dangerous materials through the mail is
prohibited in most locales. It's generally shipped by special courier.
Some of the examples given, though, of things which can ignite it are
sparks (sparklers are apparently a popular way of igniting the stuff), or
anything where you've got metal that's burning (an angle grinder, I
imagine, throwing sparks could do it).
Jim
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