Making a Sword with THERMITE!
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Published 2017-10-11
If you have never heard of it -Thermite is a mixture of Iron Oxide (rust) and Aluminum powder. When you ignite it a vigorous chemical reaction takes place which results in liquid iron. Its used industrially for welding metal, the military uses it to destroy enemy equipment, teachers use it for science demonstrations, and youtubers just melt stuff with it.
I made a mold out of insulating firebricks, and set off the thermite over it to fill it with molten steel!
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All Comments (21)
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Those kids are smart, the second they heard the Backyard Scientist say, "Watch what happens when I stick this in here." They took multiple steps back.
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alright this was very badass!!
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3:48 Backyard scientist: talks science Leaf: hey watcha doing?
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Every neighborhood needs someone like Kevin to instill how awesome science is to the kids.
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That was awesome. It was great meeting you! You'll have to come up to Canada soon for a collab in our shop!
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Dang, sweet result! Cleanest thermite pour I've seen outside of railroad welding
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This also doubles as a sand castle tutorial for people who like pyro technics
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Thermite sword Damage: 69 Durability: 86 Description: an imperfect sword with patterns made using thermite
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WOW, very nice sword
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those girls will now become chemists
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That was badass! Kudos for letting those kids see it. I hope they are inspired by you.
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Being your neighbour would be awesome
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“Why is the bottle of lighter fluid so close” famous last words
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“Don’t worry I’m not waisting food, it’s vegetables.” -the backyard scientist 2017
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3:42 I love how the leaf is like "hey how you doing."
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4:20 I love how you usualy manage to do amazing and potentially dangerous ideas safely, however that was a genuinely dangerous mistake. You never leave a blowtorch with a tank of compressed gas next to the tower of 2500°C burning metal you just lit with it, no matter how confident you are that your double layer plant pot and plaster crucible will not break. Thank you for so many amazing videos and please continue producing similary wonderful and crazy ideas - just please be safe.
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Dude, your vids are great; but please stop leaving gas containers on the ground next to thermite reactions. No matter how low the risk may be (and I doubt it is seriously that low), we don't want to end up with a crippled, homeless, or dead Kevin. Take care! Keep making these great videos. Excellent idea btw. Very inventive and super interesting.
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8:52 Curious doggo turns into scared doggo. Poor doggo.
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My favorite part about this is how excited/curious those girls r there so adorable 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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