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A massive thank you to everyone at Goldschmidt for making this possible. With special thanks to Dr. Axel Hoeschen, Christof Gassmann and Claudia Koch.
00:00 What is thermite?
00:51 Hans Goldschmidt and the first thermite reaction
05:55 The reaction as it’s never been seen before
14:57 How thermite welding works
17:43 I destroyed a laptop!
26:44 How thermite is made
31:11 Blowtorching thermite to show how reactive it is
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Archives from Goldschmidt
Thermite via Wikipedia https://ve42.co/WikiThermite
From the past to the present. via goldschmidt.com https://ve42.co/Past2Present
Hans Goldschmidt via Wikipedia https://ve42.co/HansGWiki
Goldschmidt, H. (1914). Gesammelte Veröffentlichungen (1st Ed.). SpringerVerlag https://ve42.co/HGoldschmit1914
Menzies, J. (2015, January 8). Mechanic's Toolbox: Thermite Welding. SFMTA. https://ve42.co/ThermiteWelding
Kirshenbaum, A. D., & Cahill, J. A. (1960). The density of liquid aluminium oxide. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry https://ve42.co/CahillA1960
Reichstag fire via Wikipedia https://ve42.co/ReichstagFireWiki
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