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(80 votes) Published: Nov 06, 2006 1:49 a.m. In 10 Favorites Lists Viewed 814 times
Looking all over the internet for a good guide to figure out how to make a thermite, I found that there were was quite a lot of false information. But with my persistence, I was finally able to gather the right information.
The way I consturcted my thermite was with the following materials:
An etch-a-sketch (for the aluminum powder)
An iron nail (which is where we get our iron oxide from)
salt
A bucket (or any kind of decent sized container)
An AC adapter (converts AC to DC)
A sparkler
What you need is aluminum POWDER!!! I tried strips and they didn’t work. Maybe mine were too big or whatever, but powder works better anyways. I got mine from the inside of an etch-a-sketch.
You can obtain your iron oxide, better known as rust, by something called electrolysis. Anyways, this is how you do it. First you fill your container with water, add about 2 tablespoons of salt, and stir to get the salt even throughout the water. Then you take your AC adapter, cut the end off (the end that doesnt plug into the wall), then split and strip the wires. Insert these two wires separately into the saltwater in your container. The NEGATIVE (-) wire will begin to bubble. Some sites say that your positive wire (+) is the one that will bubble, but thats bullshit; its your NEGATIVE wire that will bubble. Now knowing this, wrap the end of the POSITIVE (+) wire around the nail. I suggest you have your AC adapter unplugged when doing this. Now let both wires sit in the saltwater at different sides for about a day. You’ll see rust form at the bottom and the water will turn a nasty shitty color.
I harvest my rust using a spoon, then I ran the excess water through a coffee filter, so I could get as much rust out of it as possible. Next, you place your rust into a pan, heat it up until it turns a nice red color, then crush it into a fine powder. Conradulations, you have now made some iron oxide that is ready for use.
Now, when mixing the two powders together, they say that the mixture should be 8 grams of iron oxide for every 3 grams of aluminum. Since aluminum is lighter, your mixture should look like you have about 50% of each powder. Mix this nicely and put it into a container that youre willing to sacrifice. (I used a plastic cup.) Now place your thermite ontop of anything you want to destroy, light your sparkler up, drop it into the cup, then step back and watch.
Nov 06, 2006 2:09 am - dude. don’t put salt in the water if you do the eloctrolysis process with salt in it, this will make sodium. sodium reacts with water - exploding. so its a no.
Nov 06, 2006 2:17 am - well i think i might know why he might want to put salt into the mixture, because it strengthens the electrical current in the water, but wut else could you use to ignite the mixture? because i don’t buy sparklers, only firecrackers, but cool, the more explosives i know how to make, the better of a pyrotechnition(i hope i spelled that right) i will become :)
Nov 06, 2006 5:22 am - in response to australiano,
that doesnt happen at all. all that happens is your negative wire bubbles, and rust starts to appear around the area where you put your nail, then eventually the whole tank is rusty colored
in response to slavexero,
perhaps using the fuse out of one of your firecrackers? i haven’t tried that, but it might work
Nov 06, 2006 9:06 am - this is basically word for word for the anarchist cook book. However i liked the part about the etch-a-sketch, very clever.2* stars.
dude. don’t put salt in the water if you do the eloctrolysis process with salt in it, this will make sodium. sodium reacts with water - exploding. so its a no.
quite smart :] so i dunno about this egg, until i try it i’ll withdraw my vote
Nov 08, 2006 4:38 pm - 2 - works
why would i bother making it? i can just buy it
and papasmurf, sparklers suck dick. all they do is burn brightly. thermite burns at 35,000 degrees, and it’s quite fun when you burn some over propane tanks.
Nov 08, 2006 9:28 pm - lol ringwurm they did that on brainiacs lol dont do it unless u feel like going to jail or have alot of property cause it makes a big boom
Nov 09, 2006 5:47 pm - I made this egg by taking the bits I found off other sites and putting them together to try and make them sound more understanding. Whenever I looked at other sites I always found a few things left out.
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