People insisted this thermite experiment couldn’t work so I set up a safe, controlled test to find out for myself. With protective gear and precautions in place, I followed the theory step-by-step to ...

Thermites are a double-edged sword. Packing a tremendous energy density, and eager to produce tremendous heat when ignited, thermite is great for welding train tracks. But sometimes you might be ...

Finely powdered aluminium can make almost anything more pyrotechnically interesting, from fireworks to machine shop cleanups – even ceramics, as [Degree of Freedom] discovered. He was experimenting ...

Thermites are a class of materials known for producing dazzling pyrotechnic displays in high school chemistry classes, and they’re used in all kinds of real-world applications. But these reactions are ...

It’s one of the great philosophical brainteasers that generations of intellectuals have stroked their chins over: What happens if you detonate a whole lot of thermite on a frozen lake? That’s the ...

Who wins in a battle of fire and ice? There's only one way to find out and it's not by waiting around for George R.R. Martin to finish his drawn out book series. A much quicker solution is to do what ...