Learnin' frum videos night.

[video=youtube;YpWc504Ae3A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWc504Ae3A[/video].

OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD.



I want to try that soooooooo fucking bad.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[video=youtube;5hgsw5Hg0Ag]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hgsw5Hg0Ag[/video].

HOLY pomegranate!
DUDE, I HAVE TO TRY THAT AT HOME!

I really want to try this now.....

HOLY CRAP I WANT TO TRY THIS! ;_;

dam you adam and your great science brain!

although, they do live in the bay area right? maybe i'll bump into him and make him give me some

God I love the Mythbusters!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This is absolutely fucking great. Is Sulfur hexafluoride safer to inhale than helium? Most likely not. Learn something new every day!

Zach, that was awesome. Good Job!

Indeed! We must educate the funhouse tonight!

Im trying to avoid Mythbusters. But Thermite was my F-A-V-O-R-I-T-E thing to make in Organic Chemistry.


[video=youtube;BnHR4cMXiyM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnHR4cMXiyM[/video]

My favorite part is when they say "Its made from "Fine Metalic Powders"". As if its some sort of secret XD

C'est awesome.

I can't stop laughing.

Maybe the intense heat from the thermite sublimates the ice into water vapour so fast that it explodes outward? Or the vapour carries the thermite into a mist as stated in the video.

Maybe the intense heat from the thermite sublimates the ice into water vapour so fast that it explodes outward?

I think this is highly probable. The ignited thermite is 4000 deg F (2204.444444444 def C), while the boiling point of pure water is 212 deg F (100 deg C). I'd say it sublimes the ice toward the centre of the ice block. The water vapour formed has such intense pressure that it causes the entire set-up to explode to bits.

But is it really strong enough to destroy a metal bucket...?

Come to think of it, if the bucket is completely pulverised, then the explosion should originate from within the bucket itself...

Maybe it has something to do with the temperature...

Let's take this over to the Rubik's Cube, guys. Someone make a Thermite & Ice thread there please.

...must..resist..trying..at home

Simple temperature difference doesn't make water sublime. At atmospherical pressure it will always pass through the liquid state.