Be aware that a cheap way of making fairly pure oxygen is just by heating up manganese dioxide, which will cause anything that is a like a flame to burn much hotter. I remember doing an experiment in grade school where you heat up a tablespoonfull of MD in a test tube with an alcohol burner or (even a match under the tube), then slowly insert a popsicle stick with a glowing ember (you light the stick with a match then blow it out to get the glowing ember). The result is that the stick bursts into flame rather violently.
Just saying "BE CAREFUL". Wayne > On Sep 20, 2018, at 9:39 PM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Have you heard about a pointy hammer? :) > > > 2018-09-21 0:37 GMT-03:00 drlegendre via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>: > >> If you're that intent on firey destruction, it would be much simpler & >> safer to use an oxyacetylene cutting torch, or a plasma cutter. >> >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 10:20 PM Eric Smith via cctalk < >> cctalk@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 >>
