Friday, November 1, 2013

Thermite 2013 at SHS

Thermite Demo for 2013!  It's Hot...How hot????


Hot enough to melt iron!

This demo was performed on October 22, 2013.  The thermite mixture consisted of 25 g of Al and 75 g of Fe2O3.  The ignition reaction was made with mixture of KClO3 and sugar and a couple of drops of H2SO4.