So, I was watching Burn Notice and i saw them do this to a car full of "bad guys" (they put a can of thermite in the hood and it melted through the hood, block, oilpan, etc)

And i wanted to test the validity of what they did on screen.


Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCWLpRc1yM


and a few more cool Thermite vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiRJj2oRWnM

Thermite and turkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU8iRYbnAb0


another cool experiment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNQ36...eature=related


2 powders form a liquid and ultimately a solid, the reaction is crazy.

enjoy
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I saw that episode too, pretty awesome. :-)
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they used this stuff on Mythbusters and pretty much cut a car in half with it
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I've used it in small (operative word being SMALL) shots to weld rail together for overhead cranes. Much like the rails the trains run on but wee need solid joints.... very scary stuff....
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I saw that episode. Crazy stuff!
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I remember reading about this stuff about 12 years ago in a book called..Anarchist cook book.
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If I had that 12 yrs ago, I'd have burned my neighborhood down on accident.
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I made that once back in high school. I was in charge of taking inventory of the chemistry supply closet... a few things may not have made the final list. :-)

It's a bit tricky to light, we used a strip of magnesium. Once lit, the small pile of dust turned into a 6 ft flame. We lit it in a sand bath, the fire was hot enough to melt the sand, and there were little balls of iron mixed in from the reaction byproducts. Definitely a fun experiment!
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I saw the episode too, great show! :-)
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I may or may have not done this to a junker in the woods.

It's so much darn fun.

brb CIA at door.
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Discovery channel had a special on that new stadium in Arizona, and they showed that being done on the rails for the field.

Very neat.

I've done something similar with grounding. Copper wire is placed in a mold with a piece of rebar. A 'cupcake' is inserted in the top of the mold and ignited. A copper slug in the 'cupcake' melts and fuses the copper wire to the rebar.
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anarchy cookbook FTW! I remember making thermite a long time ago back in middle school
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Not sure what end of the spectrum you're on in regards to this process, but if you have any references I'd love to learn about it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite_welding pretty neat stuff
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oh yeah, fun stuff.

You should witness what an M14 grenade does to a Commo Ruck.
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