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> Actually, I was thinking, if I burry it in, say, 5 Kg or thermite and
> light the sucker... in a few moments' time the entire chasis should be a
> pool of molten steel.
From Wikipedia:
"Additionally, thermite grenades are used by friendly forces to destroy
their own items and equipment when there is imminent danger of capture"
:-)
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scott wrote:
>> On the other hand... where would I buy thermite from?
>
> Why, you just make it yourself. Isn't that the stuff where you get a
> load of aluminium filings and rust and then light it? YOu need a strip
> of magnesium to light it though IIRC from school.
Well, I *do* have a large canister of laboritory-grade aluminium
powder... but how to get finely powdered rust? (The finer the powder,
the better it burns.) Not to mention magnesium ribbon - I used up my
last strip, oh, 12 years ago. :-(
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> Well, I *do* have a large canister of laboritory-grade aluminium powder...
> but how to get finely powdered rust? (The finer the powder, the better it
> burns.)
Errm, a google for "iron oxide powder" brought up these guys on the first
page:
http://www.supervacmaterials.co.uk/showcompound.asp?symbol=I4
> Not to mention magnesium ribbon - I used up my last strip, oh, 12 years
> ago. :-(
Looks like those guys above have some magnesium too.
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:02:19 +0200, "scott" <sco### [at] laptop com> wrote:
>Why, you just make it yourself. Isn't that the stuff where you get a load
>of aluminium filings and rust and then light it? YOu need a strip of
>magnesium to light it though IIRC from school.
>
I recall from a "black book" I read once that mixing aluminum filings plus plaster of
paris in a tin can, then allowing it to dry, makes a good incendiary device. It'd be
hard to light too, but burns
quite hot, from what I read. The purpose was to burn through support beams holding up
water towers, lookouts, etc.
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scott wrote:
> "Additionally, thermite grenades are used by friendly forces to destroy
> their own items and equipment when there is imminent danger of capture"
I took a tour of a "Cole" class carrier a couple years ago. The bridge
had at least three or four axes clamped to the walls here and there for
just this purpose. (Yes, I asked. :-)
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
>
>>> On the other hand... where would I buy thermite from?
>>
>> Why, you just make it yourself. Isn't that the stuff where you get a
>> load of aluminium filings and rust and then light it? YOu need a
>> strip of magnesium to light it though IIRC from school.
>
> Well, I *do* have a large canister of laboritory-grade aluminium
> powder... but how to get finely powdered rust? (The finer the powder,
> the better it burns.) Not to mention magnesium ribbon - I used up my
> last strip, oh, 12 years ago. :-(
>
Got an old pencil sharpener? I've heard the old metal ones are magnesium.
What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that
requires it's use every month or so.
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Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Got an old pencil sharpener? I've heard the old metal ones are magnesium.
I think it needs to be a thin ribbon to actually ignore [easily]. I
don't know - my sister is the MChem around here... I'll ask.
> What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that
> requires it's use every month or so.
What can I say? I like violent things... :-,
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:22:42 -0400, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at
vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
>
>What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that
>requires it's use every month or so.
Boys!
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that
>> requires it's use every month or so.
>
> Boys!
...OMFG! IT'S TRUE!! :'(
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Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
>
>>> On the other hand... where would I buy thermite from?
>>
>> Why, you just make it yourself. Isn't that the stuff where you get a
>> load of aluminium filings and rust and then light it? YOu need a
>> strip of magnesium to light it though IIRC from school.
>
> Well, I *do* have a large canister of laboritory-grade aluminium
> powder... but how to get finely powdered rust? (The finer the powder,
> the better it burns.) Not to mention magnesium ribbon - I used up my
> last strip, oh, 12 years ago. :-(
>
interesting considering the quote from another topic
Invisible also wrote:
> >> I am the least masculine male I know of. Presumably because I dislike
> >> what being male stands for - violence, selfishness and brute
> >> strength.
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