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    Thermite (/ˈθɜːrmaɪt/) is a pyrotechnic composition of metal powder and metal oxide. When ignited by heat or chemical reaction, thermite undergoes an exothermic...
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  • Nano-thermite or super-thermite is a metastable intermolecular composite (MIC) characterized by a particle size of its main constituents, a metal fuel...
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    Exothermic welding, also known as exothermic bonding, thermite welding (TW), and thermit welding, is a welding process that employs molten metal to permanently...
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  • Ukrainian private defense manufacturers. The drone is used to spray molten thermite, at a temperature of around 2000°C, at military targets in order to burn...
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    1861 – 21 May 1923) was a German chemist notable as the discoverer of the Thermite reaction. He was also co-owner of the Chemische Fabrik Th. Goldschmidt...
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  • Meanwhile, an airstrike is initiated to destroy Alcatraz with experimental thermite plasma bombs, which will neutralize the gas but kill everyone on the island...
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  • Thermate is a variation of thermite and is an incendiary pyrotechnic composition that can generate short bursts of very high temperatures focused on a...
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    processes are: Combustion of fuels such as wood, coal and oil/petroleum The thermite reaction The reaction of alkali metals and other highly electropositive...
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    controlled-demolition conspiracy theory. In 2006, Jones suggested that thermite or super-thermite may have been used by government insiders with access to such...
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  • until Thermite is the only one left standing. Thermite manages to destroy Spider-Man's armor, but Spider-Man knocks him out with one punch. Thermite and...
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    entropy increase in the system. Examples are numerous: combustion, the thermite reaction, combining strong acids and bases, polymerizations. As an example...
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    Thermite reaction proceeding for a railway welding: Shortly after this, the liquid iron flows into the mould around the rail gap...
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    useful for production of alloys of iron. The most prominent example is the thermite reaction between iron oxides and aluminium to produce iron itself: Fe2O3...
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    2 Al → 2 Cr + Al 2O 3 Unlike the classic thermite reaction involving iron oxides, the chromium oxide thermite creates few or no sparks, smoke or sound...
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    anti-personnel weaponry. Incendiaries utilize materials such as napalm, thermite, magnesium powder, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus. Though colloquially...
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    mixture of aluminium powder and iron oxide yields metallic iron via the thermite reaction: Fe2O3 + 2 Al → 2 Fe + Al2O3 Alternatively pig iron may be made...
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    Some specific reactions have their niche applications. For example, the thermite reaction is used to generate light and heat in pyrotechnics and welding...
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    CuO + C → 2Cu + CO2 When cupric oxide is substituted for iron oxide in thermite the resulting mixture is a low explosive, not an incendiary. Copper(II)...
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    a weak oxidising agent, most famously when reduced by aluminium in the thermite reaction. Fe2O3 can be obtained in various polymorphs. In the primary polymorph...
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    Physics and Astronomy, Steven E. Jones, and others state that thermite and nano-thermite composites in the dust and debris were found following the collapse...
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    magnesium metal will ignite. Magnesium may also be used as an igniter for thermite, a mixture of aluminium and iron oxide powder that ignites only at a very...
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  • and some suspected some incendiary effects were produced by the 9M22S thermite incendiary submunitions fired by the Grad MLRS, which were developed by...
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  • dangerous substances. For example, in the "Hindenburg" special, Savage ignited thermite with a hypergolic mixture of "blur" (a syrupy, pale blue liquid) and "blur"...
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  • itself being oxidized to aluminium oxide. (This reaction is employed in thermite.) The greater the gap between any two lines, the greater the effectiveness...
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    biological processes. They are used as iron ores, pigments, catalysts, and in thermite, and occur in hemoglobin. Iron oxides are inexpensive and durable pigments...
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  • discovering upon entry that Hobden was able to destroy his hard drive with thermite. Hobden escapes as River and Sid fight the masked man, who escapes after...
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    the war. When the USAAFs on the Marianas Islands ran out of conventional thermite incendiary bombs for their B-29 Superfortresses to drop on large Japanese...
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    is used. Barium peroxide is a catalyst in the aluminothermic reaction (thermite) for welding rail tracks. It is also a green flare in tracer ammunition...
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    powder, is highly explosive. It is mixed with thermite to form Thermate-TH3, used in military thermite grenades. Barium nitrate was also a primary ingredient...
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    light painting. With certain composition, they can also be used to ignite thermite. A 2009 report from the National Council on Fireworks Safety indicated...
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