On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:
> According to Wiki: Nano-thermite is the common name for a subset of > metastable intermolecular composites (MICs) characterized by a highly > exothermic reaction after ignition. > > That is almost an understatement. MICs are not just an incremental gain in > explosive power, but when processed in the sub 2 nanometer range, there > have been blog reports of order of magnitude increases, consistent with > k-shell interaction. Could be rumor. Could be fractional hydrogen … if in > processing the iron oxide, water is taken on (or added intentionally). > > Nano-thermites (thermates) contain a tightly bound oxidizer and a reactive > metal like aluminum. Magnesium is even better. The tighter the oxidant is > bound, the more reactive can be the reducing agent. > > Imagine liquid triple bound CO, the most tightly bound oxidant possible,in a > nanocavity matrix of magnesium, for instance – how does it compare with > nanothermite? > Okay, I'll byte. By a factor of nine? T Door bell rings. "We need to see your 27B/6."
