On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:26:22 -0400, asdfasdf
wrote:

On 6/6/2013 2:00 AM, Mac Davis wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:02:39 -0700, "." wrote:

On 6/3/2013 7:33 PM, asdfasdf wrote:
On 6/3/2013 8:47 PM, Martin Eastburn wrote:
Remember steel and Aluminum don't mix. They can start a metal fire.
Be clean.

That's really with only very fine (dry) powdery type mixtures. It
won't be a problem with a saw. Your clump just bonded because of
corrosion.



the mixture of iron and aluminum powders is called "Thermite".

Military name: On ****, run!


I don't have any experience with it but I thought it just burned.
Do you need to run from it?

They use thermite grenades for 2 things... Starting very hot fires
that burn metal and destroying radios and things that are about to be
captured....
I saw one go off accidently in a chopper and burn right through the
floor into the fuel tank... BIG boom...