magnesium ribbon

[NGp8ball]

i use that stuff to start fires when im camping. not the kind you get off a block of flint and steal but it was the ribbon cut into 1/4 x 1 inch pieces... fun stuff

[mcveighr]

My father was head of science dept. he was a chemistry teacher so he has a lot of it in his hunting bag. I didn't know it was that rare.

[f3rr3+]

Originally posted by cphilip


Its illegal to ship a hazardous material without manifesting it as such and complying with all the rules. You can and will go to jail. Long term jail for this too.. its not something to mess with.

And that stuff is not all Magneseum metal. Its a small coating on some paper in exempt amounts in a vacuum pack.

i figured thats why i posted the link :P

[ASDadam]

http://www.secure.sciencecompany.com/thesciencecompany/product1.cfm?SID=1&Product_ID=610

Sulfuric Acid anyone?

[magman007]

slfuric acid is easy as pie to get, just go to your local autoparts store, and buy batery acid... yup guess what, its sulfuric acid.

[PyRo]

But you cannot do anything interesting with sulfuric acid

[WickeDKlowN]

I know some good uses for H2SO4, but 10% is fairly weak. You can get it at alot of normal stores though, and battery acid usually has other stuff in it, so it's not good for certain things.

[845]

We stole a jug of pure magnesium from the science lab but i didnt get any of it. I was the one standing out in the hall stalling the teacher too.

[Southpaw]

Cphil are you thinking of sodium which will react with water and usually stored under an oil of some type. Mg is about as reactive to humidity and water as aluminum and I think it can even be annoed like aluminum. In fact racers use an mg and aluminum alloy for the metal in rims and it is used in aircraft.

[dyst0pia]

Mg reacts in acid to create hydrogen. I don't think it does anything in water, but i know it reacts with either sulfuric or hydrochloric acid to create hydrogen.

What is sorta fun is to put the acid and Mg in a test tube, put a balloon over the top of the test tube, tape it on, and then just let it sit.

The balloon will fill up with hydrogen. then, tape a match to a yardstick and light it, then touch the balloon.

BOOM.

But, you want to video tape it, the explosion is so fast, most people can't even see it.

If you video tape it, you can go frame by frame and check it out.

[68magOwner]

just played with some in chemestry today, it didnt react with water, so im not shure what that is about, but you could make some firework sout of it, it burns very bright when lit, or mabey a flash-bang grenade

[cphilip]

Originally posted by Southpaw
Cphil are you thinking of sodium which will react with water and usually stored under an oil of some type. Mg is about as reactive to humidity and water as aluminum and I think it can even be annoed like aluminum. In fact racers use an mg and aluminum alloy for the metal in rims and it is used in aircraft.

Oh now thats even cooler stuff there! I love that. I think indeed I did have sodium on the brain when I was going into all that. The water reactive things set me off on that track. yea Sodium is treamendously more reactive. Funs stuff!

[fire1811]

ahh magnesium is a beutiful thing
i once went to a VW van fire (old hippie van) and it had some magnesium in the engine
it was a major paint to put out
but you can do it with a lot of water.

[WickeDKlowN]

Originally posted by cphilip


Oh now thats even cooler stuff there! I love that. I think indeed I did have sodium on the brain when I was going into all that. The water reactive things set me off on that track. yea Sodium is treamendously more reactive. Funs stuff!

As far as I know, all the Alkali metals, except mabey Lithium, react violently with water. Which makes me very happy

[Morally0Confused]

i remember one day in gymclass someone stole this kids locker next to me and put a different lock on it

next day kid came in with hydrochloric(sp) acid dumped it on lock few min later hit lock with his shoe BAM had his locker back

teachers wanted to know why the front of his locker looked so funny though