Some questions for the pyros aout there about burning things and temperatures...

[phish]

OK, I'm making some Thermite. (Yknow, the stuff that can burn through just about anything, including carbon steel)
So, I need a lighting system to light it up. The only problem is that it needs to get hotter than 2200 degrees F. Now my questions are-
1) How hot does an acetelyne torch burn? (NOT oxy-acetelyne)
2) How hot does magnesium ribbon/powder burn? And where can i get my mitts on some?

Any info or suggestions on how i can light this stuff up or anything for that matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you-
-Alex

[wingman898]

All that being said....Your a MoRoN.

[Restola]

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/byname/cbrne---incendiary-agents-magnesium-and-thermite.htm
Magnesium, a silvery white metal of atomic weight 24.32, ignites at 632°C and burns at 1982°C, with magnesium oxide (MgO) as its combustion product

I would recommend doing searches of science sites. Most likely both of those things will be mentioned while discussing other topic, and you may want to verify those numbers with other sites.

And if you burn your house down and kill yourself...well we need some evolution to thin the herd anyways.

[Tron]

Search around on the net. Some guy on the hardforums built a case with ignitor switch around his hard drive that would destroy it. I guess he had nuclear secrets or just a lot of porn on it.

-Tron

[warpfeedmod]

/sarcasm on

Natural selection at it's best. Best of luck to you blowing up whatever it is that you want to!

/sarcasm off

[dansim]

hmm i guess my statement in my sig is true

[BTAutoMag]

uh... um... everyone say hello to 3 fingered fred

[Thordic]

Magnesium should light thermite if you mixed it properly, but the best way to ignite it involves no flame at all.

You need some potassium permanganate and a bottle of glycerin.

You make a pile of potassium permanganate on top of the thermite, in a little cone, sorta like a volcano cone.

Then you pour a small amount of glycerin into the cone, and get out of there :)

That should work, I've seen someone light thermite with it before, I'd test on my own to see how much potassium permanganate/glycerin to use though.

[xmetal2001]

Fire is pretty.