@@LinucNerd Thanks! I just hope that this term will make conversations about aluminum powder easier, and not be drowned out by the specific case of thermite.
Plaster of Paris has to be heated and dried because it binds water in the crystal structure. It blows itsef out because the water creates a steam explosion ;)
@@FreedomOfDegree I made some test back when i made the castable thermite and lerned that Plasters has a lot of bound water (from 5-16% per weight) and that it regaines moisture over time ( 1-2% per Month in normal paper bags). The water contend is different from sorce to sorce and it is only constand in branded products.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 It's worth a shot, and hey, maybe with more exposure we might learn about some real cool uses. I have one in mind already. Stay tuned 😉
You can add auminum to gelanitized Fuel to make it burn hotter (In flame throwers) or add it to black powder to increase the burning speed and temperature
3:50 oh wow Did some research on fire distinguishers after that scene. Turns out there are different classes and fillings. Recommended class for metal fires said to be class D. Interesting
@@vakeqoi6966 I just so happened across MrGreenGuy's video about putting out magnesium fires with gasoline while I was making this video. That's how I learned about class D fires. Pretty neat stuff. I thought* a fire was a fire, but it makes sense when putting water on some will make them significantly worse. *Edit: "thought", not "though"
@@FreedomOfDegree "I thought a fire was a fire" nooooo, my friend. I assure you, when firefighters are called out to auto accidents, one of the things they now have to deal with are metal fires from EVs. Lithium is a _very_ angry metal, and once it gets going it's like the eternal fires of hell until it runs out of stuff to combine with. One of the things I absolutely both love and fear about chemistry is that it gives precisely 0 f's about whoever is doing the experiment. Please be careful before you accidently unalive yourself!
Very cool! I've never thought of doing experiments like this with aluminum powder. I wonder what exotic chems it'll work with? Would you be willing to try a few different chems with aluminum powder if I sent them to you? Thanks for sharing!
@@BackYardScience2000 I'm not sure accepting nondescript chemicals from someone over the internet is the wisest 😬 But, aluminum powder is relatively cheap and available. I got mine from Amazon I think. As long as you think you can do it safely, I'd say why not give it a shot yourself?
Given that the finely powdered aluminum ignited and burned on its own, I really wonder how many of the prior reactions with mixtures were just the same, like the dirt, ashes, and flour.
@@johnathancorgan3994 For the ones that produce a flame, I'm inclined to believe that the aluminum is reacting with the materials. I'd wager that the gases that produce the flame are displacing and atmospheric oxygen. For the non-flame bearing reactions, I agree, it's much more debatable. But! I can tell you that mixing the aluminum with these other materials typically makes it easier to ignite. It could be that the other materials simply make more room for air to get inbetween the aluminum particles, but that means that those other materials are still participating in the reaction (like a macro catalyst or something).
@@FreedomOfDegree An easy way to see would be to light it in air but then move into a container filled with a oxygenless atmosphere even if it is just Nitrogen. If it cools down it was either solely reacting with oxygen in air or only slightly reacting with the materials but not enough to sustain the reaction without the heat generated from combustion with the oxygen in the air.
@@dylaanowen That'd be a decent test. Could probably rig up some electric igniter also. Then we could seal the whole thing in an oxygenless environment.
@@TKInternational76 Well, I'm not technically educated in engineering. My best advice is to just go for it. Don't let other people's opinions dissuade from asking questions, and experimenting. However, one really valuable skill I've pick up is figuring out how to fix things. I'm not sure If you've seen my previous video, but the air compressor in it, I got as a junker. Cleaned it up a little and replaced a gasket and now it works. Fixing things is like a cheat code if you're on a budget.
@@FreedomOfDegree Wow I actually got a reply! And such an insightful one... Thank you😊😊 Did you learn all of this by yourself or did they teach some of it in college? I am 19 and I don't know where to start
@@TKInternational76 I kind of have mixed feelings about college. But having been through it, I can offer you this: Trying to pick the right college is basically impossible. In order to know if a college's program will be good for you, you kind of have to already know the subject you want to study. Because then you'd be able to tell if what they are teaching is valuable. But if you can tell that, then you probably won't learn anything from going to college in the first place. A pretty nasty catch 22. And it's exceptionally hard when you're not exactly sure what you'd want to major in. So first, I'd try and figure out what you would like your focus to be specifically. You mention tools and hardware so it might be worth checking out @ThisOldTony or @StuffMadeHere. These guys regularly work with big tools to make some pretty awesome stuff. Or if that's not what you're into, there are plenty of other engineer types on RUclips. But once you find the specialization that most interests you, look for places hiring those skills. Try and get in contact with their HR departments and explain to them that you're interested in working with them and would like to know what kind of degree they look for and from where. Hope this helps 🙂
@@Enteropy23 It would probably act similar, but maybe be easier to light. Edit: Hey wait a minute, you're ham sandwich guy! I recognize you from your pfp. Good to see you again.
That is an excellent term
@@LinucNerd Thanks! I just hope that this term will make conversations about aluminum powder easier, and not be drowned out by the specific case of thermite.
5:15 forbidden joint
I randomly came across this channel and it is the best channel ever
Science is awesome
Plaster of Paris has to be heated and dried because it binds water in the crystal structure. It blows itsef out because the water creates a steam explosion ;)
@@Ordog213 I think when it's prepared commercially, it is heated. Though they only take out _most_ of the water.
@@FreedomOfDegree I made some test back when i made the castable thermite and lerned that Plasters has a lot of bound water (from 5-16% per weight) and that it regaines moisture over time ( 1-2% per Month in normal paper bags). The water contend is different from sorce to sorce and it is only constand in branded products.
interesting results. good luck on clarifying the nomenclature, lord knows usage is a hard trend to break.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 It's worth a shot, and hey, maybe with more exposure we might learn about some real cool uses. I have one in mind already. Stay tuned 😉
very interesting. You should try aerosolizing the aluminum powder in air and then lighting it on fire to create a thermobaric affect.
That sounds terrifying
@@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676 Well now I have to try it.
You can add auminum to gelanitized Fuel to make it burn hotter (In flame throwers) or add it to black powder to increase the burning speed and temperature
If you say that out loud it just sounds like an Aussie saying "illuminate"
3:50 oh wow
Did some research on fire distinguishers after that scene. Turns out there are different classes and fillings. Recommended class for metal fires said to be class D. Interesting
@@vakeqoi6966 I just so happened across MrGreenGuy's video about putting out magnesium fires with gasoline while I was making this video. That's how I learned about class D fires. Pretty neat stuff. I thought* a fire was a fire, but it makes sense when putting water on some will make them significantly worse.
*Edit: "thought", not "though"
@@FreedomOfDegree "I thought a fire was a fire" nooooo, my friend. I assure you, when firefighters are called out to auto accidents, one of the things they now have to deal with are metal fires from EVs. Lithium is a _very_ angry metal, and once it gets going it's like the eternal fires of hell until it runs out of stuff to combine with. One of the things I absolutely both love and fear about chemistry is that it gives precisely 0 f's about whoever is doing the experiment. Please be careful before you accidently unalive yourself!
@@AsmodeusMictianscary stuff. Gotta educate myself or I might die die like a dumb c*nt trying to put out metal fire with water or something similar
Very cool! I've never thought of doing experiments like this with aluminum powder. I wonder what exotic chems it'll work with? Would you be willing to try a few different chems with aluminum powder if I sent them to you? Thanks for sharing!
@@BackYardScience2000 I'm not sure accepting nondescript chemicals from someone over the internet is the wisest 😬
But, aluminum powder is relatively cheap and available. I got mine from Amazon I think. As long as you think you can do it safely, I'd say why not give it a shot yourself?
Given that the finely powdered aluminum ignited and burned on its own, I really wonder how many of the prior reactions with mixtures were just the same, like the dirt, ashes, and flour.
@@johnathancorgan3994 For the ones that produce a flame, I'm inclined to believe that the aluminum is reacting with the materials. I'd wager that the gases that produce the flame are displacing and atmospheric oxygen.
For the non-flame bearing reactions, I agree, it's much more debatable. But! I can tell you that mixing the aluminum with these other materials typically makes it easier to ignite. It could be that the other materials simply make more room for air to get inbetween the aluminum particles, but that means that those other materials are still participating in the reaction (like a macro catalyst or something).
@@FreedomOfDegree Seems reasonable. Looking forward to more videos!
@@FreedomOfDegree An easy way to see would be to light it in air but then move into a container filled with a oxygenless atmosphere even if it is just Nitrogen. If it cools down it was either solely reacting with oxygen in air or only slightly reacting with the materials but not enough to sustain the reaction without the heat generated from combustion with the oxygen in the air.
@@dylaanowen That'd be a decent test. Could probably rig up some electric igniter also. Then we could seal the whole thing in an oxygenless environment.
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Could you use it for camping
@@margaretadams945 Well, you could, but it takes a blowtorch to light so I think the torch on its own would be a better option.
How to be like you sir
Which engineering branch should i choose
I love tools and hardware and a garage.life
@@TKInternational76 Well, I'm not technically educated in engineering. My best advice is to just go for it. Don't let other people's opinions dissuade from asking questions, and experimenting.
However, one really valuable skill I've pick up is figuring out how to fix things. I'm not sure If you've seen my previous video, but the air compressor in it, I got as a junker. Cleaned it up a little and replaced a gasket and now it works. Fixing things is like a cheat code if you're on a budget.
@@FreedomOfDegree
Wow I actually got a reply! And such an insightful one... Thank you😊😊
Did you learn all of this by yourself or did they teach some of it in college?
I am 19 and I don't know where to start
@@TKInternational76 I kind of have mixed feelings about college. But having been through it, I can offer you this:
Trying to pick the right college is basically impossible. In order to know if a college's program will be good for you, you kind of have to already know the subject you want to study. Because then you'd be able to tell if what they are teaching is valuable. But if you can tell that, then you probably won't learn anything from going to college in the first place. A pretty nasty catch 22.
And it's exceptionally hard when you're not exactly sure what you'd want to major in.
So first, I'd try and figure out what you would like your focus to be specifically. You mention tools and hardware so it might be worth checking out @ThisOldTony or @StuffMadeHere. These guys regularly work with big tools to make some pretty awesome stuff.
Or if that's not what you're into, there are plenty of other engineer types on RUclips.
But once you find the specialization that most interests you, look for places hiring those skills. Try and get in contact with their HR departments and explain to them that you're interested in working with them and would like to know what kind of degree they look for and from where.
Hope this helps 🙂
now mix magnesium shavings in it
@@Enteropy23 It would probably act similar, but maybe be easier to light.
Edit: Hey wait a minute, you're ham sandwich guy! I recognize you from your pfp. Good to see you again.
@@FreedomOfDegree great to see you too 👍 keep up the great work man
@@Enteropy23 Yes sir!