DIY Thermite

If you're good at chemistry, and you have issues combining two chemicals, you are not good at chemistry.

Why do you want to make it?

>>1045104
He needs to break into a warehouse to steal chemicals to make blue meth obviously...

>I'm good at chemistry
Obviously not, thermite is one of the most simple compounds you can make.
>obtain the two components, both of which are legally unrestricted and easy to buy or salvage
>measure them out in the correct ratio
>stir together
wow so difficult

>>1045103
>claims to be good at chemistry
>can't figure out how to mix rust and aluminium
First claim is clearly falsifiable

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>>1045103

I just put Aluminium foil through a cross-cut paper shredder then grind it on a coffee grinder.

For Iron Oxide I just found large rusty pieces of steel then hit them with a hammer and collected up the rust. Then I ground it into powder using a pestle and mortar, then heated it on a hot plate until is turned the orange/red Ferric Oxide colour.

Haven't got it to light yet, but I only tried yesterday using Magnesium strips, which didn't work. Going to try Potassium Permanganate and Glycerin next.

>aluminum foil in coffee grinder
>Electrolysis on iron
wow so hard

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>>1045103

melt some sulfur and mix it into the thermite.

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>>1045155

>>1045155
That's not fine enough.

>>1045336
This, it's still chunky.

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>>1045336
>>1045337
It has chunks but its mostly greyish powder.

Same as
https://homescience.wordpress.com/tag/explosion/

But thanks for the advice, I'll go back to grinding it if I can't ignite it at all, so point taken.

What's a cool way to try it out? I have no idea what to do with it

>>1045378
>spend a couple hundred bucks on a beater from a junkyard
>amuse yourself by melting through the engine block
Not much else you can do with it in terms of entertainment

>>1045155
>didn't light with magnesium strips
yeah your shit is bad m8

pretty much anything lights with magnesium
strips

If you do it right you can get it to light with a smashed lightbulb.

>>1045126
>blue meth
you have my attention

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Well got it to ignite. 110 grams.

Just used more magnesium strips like>>1045418 said. I took about eight strips running through the middle, and had to spend a fair few seconds burning yellow/white before it all went up.

Sorry I don't have any pics, I wasn't expecting it to go up.

I'll wait for it to cool, then free it from the crucible and examine it. It had bits of rusty screws and nails in it - I want to see what melted and what didn't.

I also have arc eyes, because I couldn't resist looking at it, goddamn.

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>>1045699
The result, you can see the slag stuck to the top.

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>>1045705
The Iron on the bottom

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>>1045707
Hammering off the slag

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>>1045708
End result is a lump of Iron and a Stainless steel nut which didn't melt for whatever reason.

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>>1045712

>>1045713
Now manufacture illegal drugs.
Chemistry is a slippy slope.

>>1045378
Weld your own rail line
Ames process
Set up an emergency destruct for your hdds

>>1045103
I suggest mixing red iron oxide (rust) with aluminum powder. To combust, you might need some lighter fluid or some other catalyst. I know this isn't detailed, but it is what it is.