Brainiacs play with Thermite...

[lagilman]

Another link from that Man About the Internet, Walter Jon Williams.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCWLpRc1yM&search=thermite


Do NOT try this at home. Don't even try this at work, unless you've got some excellent medical insurance and a really understanding fire department...


(best response from someone on-list: "What's really fun is to use a small thermite charge [a gram will do] to ignite
an old VW engine block [aluminum-magnesium alloy]. Don't do this in the garage. Wear welder's goggles. Run away.")


(and the Gris icon just seemed so right, for this)

Comments

[a-vogon-poet.livejournal.com]

*l* I love that show. I think my favorite of the thermite experiments was the thermite + block of ice. Good explosion.