Thread: GW isn't going to help the Great Lakes much this year..
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Default GW isn't going to help the Great Lakes much this year..
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On Feb 8, 3:51 am, (Richard Casady) wrote:
... No you don't. The thermite reaction consists of a iron oxide oxidiser
which reacts with aluminum and burns it to alumina. ...

Yes, you need an oxidizer. "Steel rust" should work just fine, no?

-- Tom.


Load of hooey anyway, you don't need that great a temperature to soften
steel. You don't even need thermite in a Bessemer converter, coke,
regular air and shot of oxygen will do just fine.

Cheers
Marty
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