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Thermite Question

JamesDiotte
in Inorganic Chemistry

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Will the flame produced by a Potassium chlorate/sugar reaction reach a high enough temperature to initiate a thermite reaction?

it depends what you`re using to make up your thermit and its Mesh size.

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Iron(II,III) oxide powder (not sure of mesh) and indian blackhead aluminum powder 2-4 micron.

Hmmm... it Should get hot enough, BUT, there`s a lot of Solid product with chlorate sugar mix and also water (not ideal for initiating a thermit reaction).

 

can`t you use a sparkler instead?

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Maybe, ill see if I can buy some. But I thought it would be cool to have one flaming reaction set off another one

  • 7 months later...

Same here with the sparklers, doesn't mean you can't use them. (:

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