Aluminium Foil Thermite?!?!

I see if it is possible to make thermite from aluminium foil rather than powder.
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[@MegaJasonic]

Thank God KZbin wasn't around in the early 80s.....Me and my friends would be dead without question.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Hah, we just used books such as the Anarchist Cookbook etc. Doing fun experiments back in the day.

[@pjcouture5203]

Hahahaha...right

[@MrSeattleguy3098]

Amen

[@nikitaw1982]

Lucky I didn't have a fast car because either accelerating or braking.

[@azrienginanjar9691]

Itil

[@Killbayne]

"approximately 2 square nano light seconds of foil, it has a mass of about 5×10²⁴ AMU" this man avoids both metric AND imperial. He uses his own system.

[@marc-andreservant201]

I love the metric system because you can measure absolutely everything from 7 physical constants: 1. The speed of light in a vacuum 2. The hyperfine transition frequency of a caesium-133 atom 3. Planck's constant 4. The Boltzmann constant 5. The electrical charge of a proton 6. Avogadro's number 7. The luminous efficiency of a 555 nm monochromatic light source In other words we can contact aliens and tell them how many of each base unit corresponds to a physical constant they can measure experimentally, and they will be able to understand our measurements naturally. Everything else follows from the 7 constants. A second is 9192631770 times the hyperfine transition frequency of caesium. A metre is 1/299792458 of the distance travelled by light in a second. A kilogram is some number times the Planck constant times one second divided by a meter squared. A newton is the force required to accelerate a kilogram at 1 m/s² (this is true even on planets with different gravity). A joule is the energy required to push something with a force of 1 newton for 1 metre. A watt is the power required to expand one joule of energy per second. And so on.

[@MrCumberlander1]

Hate to break it to you. But that is arguably metric.

[@duckmeat4674]

@@MrCumberlander1 "arguably" so not definitive

[@eaxnitro]

Man?

[@Eidolon2003]

@@marc-andreservant201 Avogadro's number is hardly a physical constant. It's based on the gram and the carbon-12 atom. While the concept of the mole is probably universal, Avogadro's number is arbitrary

[@randomisedjacob]

Every time Cody uses the little blowtorch to ignite his oxy torch it reminds me of Hank Hill using a small can of wd-40 to loosen the lid of a bigger can of wd-40

[@roryross3878]

Cause flint strikers are so 1940's lol

[@rustyshackleford525]

One of the best blue collar jokes of all time

[@fooferutter3001]

a classic but made me think and I can't recall if they ever had metal caps. Like there's a piece of a memory of wd40 cans that came with a lid made from something and a design that could get stuck in a way wd40 itself would help with but it feels fabricated.

[@josephmurphy417]

A true man if propane and propane accessories

[@sovereign7312]

Legendary

[@JerryEricsson]

Interesting. I used to handle thermite when I was in Vietnam. We worked in the world of encryption, and the large encryption devices we used would, on occasion stop working. Well when that happened, the rules required one operator (at that time it was me) and an NCO with a crypto clearance (as well as Secret clearance) to accompany the device to the repair center, where we would hand it off and receive a special receipt that allowed us to return to our unit without the device. On one such trip, the reason for the rules became apparent when some damn VC or NVA made a lucky shot and hit the engine of our Huey Helicopter. The pilot was a good one, he auto-rotated us down into the dense jungle, finding a sort of clearing large enough for us to sort of land, but it was a rough one. We made out OK, the pilot broke his ankle copilot broke his wrist, and SSG Tiny and myself unloaded our cargo and took it what we figured was a safe distance from the downed chopper. Tiny attached the thermite grenade to the top of the unit, as required by the SOI, then pulled the pin and we began to back off. Well the damn grenade fell on it's side just as it began to burn, Tiny ran forward and righted it, burning the hell out of his right hand! So there were 3 purple hearts issued, Tiny received a bronze star, I got an Army Commendation Medal for what, I haven't got a clue. In fact nobody even told me they had put me in for one, about three months after I returned to the States, I received this package that I had to sign for, and in it was an Arcom with a nice paper to hang on the wall saying it was awarded for meritorious service in a combat zone on the date of the crash. I was plum pleased not to get a purple heart since I was not injured. I never heard from Tiny again as when we were picked up about an hour later, he was evacuated to a hospital at Da Nang, as were the pilot and co-pilot.

[@bradmoberly6164]

Thank you for your service and the story. You don't often read alot of genuine stuff in the comments.

[@23ADJ93]

Cool story!

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

Powerful boomer energy comment He grabbed a thermite granade? He fucking deserved that medal that was beyond the call of duty poor fingers must have turned into burnt sausages.

[@igotajopamerica3040]

Sounds like you had an important job and an exciting adventure. Thanks for your service.

[@rayferguson6229]

But no one said he didnt deserve the medal? Guess im a little confused why you think so?

[@greennixon00]

Why does Cody have so many problems with KZbin. He is only showing science experiments in a fun and interesting way. The world would be better off with more people interested in science like him, thinking outside the box. Keep it up Cody!!

[@mycorner967]

I like that he still does videos on what he wants. But I feel like he could use some more disclaimers. Like right at the start Do not try this at home. Or like.. This is a visually impressive reaction but can not be used to make bombs. Something at the start to protect himself more from youtube's over reactions. So that if a video gets hit as inappropriate and he gets someone to watch it to overturn it he has something in his favor right away.

[@MrBlackdeath420]

Jared Springer - the problem isn’t with Cody and KZbin. Cody is far smarter then me! And he explains and shows how science works for the rest of us. If you take what you learned from Cody and used it to kill/bomb people, certain legal parties would hold KZbin responsible. Hence why they have to pre-screen all their videos. And why Cody has issues with their algorithm ( I could go on, but I’m not going to )

[@WBradleyRobbins]

So so wrong. 1. Look up safe harbor provisions. 2. KZbin does NOT pre screen every video. 3. Some hits are algorithmic, but I would bet many mare are an asshole with the report button. Especially since many were up for months/years before being flagged.

[@CapnPicard]

The people running KZbin right now are part of a leftist cult that don't believe in personal responsibility. So to them, this kind of information is dangerous - they also hate all the gun channels.

[@boonedockjourneyman7979]

Jared Springer - Hey, does your theory apply to making speed, say? The author of MiHKAL and PiHKAL was a friend of mine. DEA was all over him - just pure abusive government. Brought to you by Mr. Clinton by the way. Left/right had nothing to do with it. Look Sasha up. Amazing man.

[@jsnug42]

Only Cody would give his length measurements in nano lightseconds. Never change, you wonderful geek.

[@funkyflames7430]

Jason Snug I wasn’t sure I was hearing him right but hey, you gotta flex every so often

[@Pseud0nymTXT]

I think it's to stop people who can't translate that or do the stoichiometric calculations from making thermite.

[@geraldfrost4710]

@@Pseud0nymTXT My gut feeling is that the people who make thermite bombs and the people who understand how to make thermite bombs are two different groups. 'the understanders hand the instructions on what to do to the builders, and stand a looooong way back. Also, while it worked, it didn't work well. "there was supposed to be an earth shattering kaa-boom!" but there wasn't. a nano light second is 0.982 feet. In nano light seconds the ideal figure for a woman 3,2,3, which is what you'd call a prime figure.

[@aeroscience9834]

LHCreeper no I’m pretty sure it’s for the people who bug him over wether he uses meters or inches or whatever. Telling them they don’t know shit and should get off his ass.

[@redhog1arkie395]

Worked..retired in the aluminum foil industry, saw this on many occasions the "experts" said ut wasn't thermiting...but it was!

[@coywolf1318]

Normal person: uses a match to light their blow torch Cody: uses blowtorch to light their blowtorch

[@jellypasta151]

"rusty foil burrito" lmfao

[@DoRC]

Buuhan1103 i knew a girl once.....nevermind.

[@truthseeker2222]

that was epic

[@RocketCityGardener]

Great band name

[@maxximumb]

That sounds a lot ruder than it should.

[@crimsonhalo13]

Still a better story than Taco Bell.

[@peterdumpel5729]

"Uncle Cody, I want to roast marshmallows." "Then get out the thermite, kid!"

[@LeMayJoseph]

It's hysterical to me that, rather than learn how to say "aluminum," the man covered up the A so that the packaging conforms to his speech pattern instead. LEGEND

[@dsigea]

In places like the United Kingdom,(read that as England and surronding provinces) Al Umenem is the proper prounciation for the word Aluminum.

[@LeMayJoseph]

@@dsigea Firstly, do you mean Al Yuminium? Secondly, this dude just doesn't pronounce the A. He knows he's wrong and he changes reality to conform to him and I love that.

[@CarpetHater]

I know this comment is three years old, but Cody isn't wrong, he just has a dialect which leaves out the A, he doesn't need to learn anything...

[@KudakwasheBrianMuchini-fd4si]

Aluminium would have been just fine

[@tinfoilbottle5943]

“add some C4 into the mix and you got yourself one hell of a combination”

[@andersjjensen]

"Do not mix the spicy play dough with the shiny rust powder!"

[@scrappybadger4369]

r6 based

[@user-my8zo8uh3n]

Yeah called sep 11

[@colunizator]

2 square nano light seconds. You have jumped way ahead of using universal units

[@kieranmcsweeney8499]

Michael Colun it is so much better then metric as it will always be consist

[@VerstehenSieMathis]

But that's a lot less then 2 (nano light seconds)^2, it's around 1/100 of that. See, no inches anymore, but we can still complain!

Would time dillation affect time-of-flight units?

[@vmp916]

He living in 3018 Or better yet 12018*

[@INLF]

Kieran McSweeney no it's not universal, it's based on the SI unit second which is arbitrary defined as 9 192 631 770 cycles of a Caesium atomic clock.

[@lestercrest4611]

This guy taught me to create the thermite bombs i needed for the pacific standard job. Thanks Cody!

[@dropsyx268]

Youre pretty hot hmu

[@bencrosby1978]

Lester! Lol I know u! I helped u on a few projects

[@justinbaas843]

Nice 👌

[@orinsiphone9525]

Dammit Lester you forgot to use your triple proxy VPN VONS and change your username, rookie mistake

[@corbinwalker1505]

@@orinsiphone9525 how would we know it’s the real Lester if he did that tho🤔🤔

[@AlexBesogonov]

Pro-tip: 1 nanoligthsecond is almost exactly 1 foot.

[@DrakeOola]

0.98357105643045 to be exact

[@SignalingSuccesses]

@@DrakeOola did somebody just google that...? Lol

[@jeffreywarrenyoung2745]

So a nano pulse of laser-light would have a beam approximately 1 foot in length ??? Just have to up the power by...

[@AFMR0420]

Ligth Alex? Or is it Axle?

[@slingshot99]

off by about 6mm.

[@artemis-arrow3098]

america:imperial europ:metric codylab: 2^2nano light second

[@jeffmccrea9347]

Being that magnesium is next to aluminum on the periodic table, I wonder how a magnesium powder / iron oxide mix for thermite would work out?

[@gfygber9639]

Mg is a better choice thermodynamically, but not kinetically.

[@jeffmccrea9347]

@@gfygber9639 ...Mg is a better choice thermodynamically, but not kinetically... I see what you're saying but I don't catch your meaning about kinetics.

[@tomiivaswort6921]

would be cooler for sure. It will probably have a brighter flame, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

[@Party_Almsivi]

I believe that would be a one way ticket to blindness.

[@jeffmccrea9347]

@@Party_Almsivi Not if you're wearing welding glasses.

[@SD18-videos]

The crack in the crucible looked really cool

[@NoName-zz9uy]

looks like a hatching dragon egg

[@SD18-videos]

Phoenix _209 It does

[@rondabyers3350]

SD18 yep that was cool!

[@jacobopstad5483]

As soon as I saw it forming I was afraid it was going to explode!

[@SD18-videos]

Jacob Opstad I know, same here

[@spookywizard4980]

You really love that friggin roller....

[@theCodyReeder]

Ya I do

[@TealCheetah]

When one buys an expensive tool, it's best to actually use it

[@Artemis-zl5cs]

where can i get it?

[@longshot789]

I'd put all sorts of shit through it

[@delciotto]

I'm surprised he hasn't stuck a motor on it yet. that hand cranking looks annoying.

[@brycerobinson880]

Sometimes I watch Cody do his thing before I sleep. I find it interesting and informative, and something about dudes voice is very calming so I usually can fall asleep. I have trouble sleeping lol. But hey it's a compliment man I love your channel!

[@TomaHawkBobXIII]

Thank you for this I needed this channel

[@LudwigDeLarge]

Cody, do you know what is more effective than aluminum foil ? Two luminum foils.

[@opwarriorxp1863]

you saw that to

[@woutwezenbeek2207]

Copper is more effective

[@feritperliare2890]

wout wezenbeek copper oxide you mean

[@CrazyNerdInventor]

Aluminium*

[@NuggetsAutomotive]

1 year later and they still don't get the joke?

[@ColonelKorg1]

I did something similar back in high school chem lab. We used aluminum shavings from metal shop and a blue iron oxide powder from the grounds keeper's bench where they sharpened the lawnmower blades. We put the mixure in an aluminum soda can and ignited it with a propane torch. WORKED GREAT!

[@vickanid1862]

Same here. The instructor had us burn holes in the concrete outside the chem building.

[@matjameson7619]

I love your content Cody, it's entertaining and informative.

[@wesleyarnold6018]

Love it . Excellent job explaining each scientific method. You’d be an outstanding Science Teacher Bud

[@MrrMinit]

I tried to dry it in the microwave - bad idea, folks! - just don't put it there! - I get my new kitchen by tomorrow...

[@trinkladd]

Your lucky. Got mine stuck in my asshole, and burnt my dick off. Surgery next week I'm goin in for the new Caitlyn Jenner. Thanks codes lab!...

[@tacticalbuttsex4669]

@@trinkladd sorry for your loss 😄

[@sheltont9677]

Antonius Blue Haha made me laugh

[@turbopumpen1031]

Antonius Blue i put my phone in the microwave once.

[@dylaniscool2266]

@@turbopumpen1031 did it charge it???

[@CuzicanAerospace]

Welding goggles, Scott Manley t-shirts, thermite, and a zing against conspiracy theorists? I'm gonna need a double-like option, KZbin.

[@majormissile5596]

This man is attempting to summon the space kraken

[@DalBraillinsford]

I missed the zing. What was it?

[@CuzicanAerospace]

I read his comment on aluminum foil being popular on YT as a comment on conspiracy theorists, specifically of the "tin-foil hat" variety.

[@B.McAllister]

Cuzican Aerospace Conspiracy theorists and/or the aluminum foil ball challenge that just swept through.

[@crystallastname9675]

...What?

[@thevikingwarbear8632]

I love all of Cody's vids, he's like the internet big brother I never had.

[@grizzlygamer8891]

When I was around 10, I had a friend who's father worked on the Steel Works. They use Thermite to light the blast furnaces and his dad had nicked a load. We in turn nicked a bunch from his garage and had tremendous fun all summer, melting holes in thick iron drain covers etc. I remember the Iron Oxide and Aluminum powder were pre measured in polythene packets and was the finest oxide and metal powder I've encountered to date. Also came with fuse strips of pure magnesium and wet and windy matches to start the reaction. We just used a clipper lighter...of course 😂

[@imback3200]

congratulations you've just been moved to the FBI top ten

[@pr9039]

For having a highschool chemistry course level of understanding of exothermic reactions between metals and metal oxidizers? Really?

[@brianconroy7514]

@@pr9039 this dude is a fucking fool

[@mopar_randy4952]

@@pr9039 you have not discovered the joke

[@lawrencecrawford810]

I've been on that list for a long time.

[@krissander1]

@@brianconroy7514 it's actually quite difficult to get this to work without powdered aluminium and pure iron oxide.

[@ErikAdalbertvanNagel]

Cody's Mom: what are you baking? Cody: Just a little bit of Thermite.

[@Danimal-D-Animal]

Thanks for another cool video Cody. I love your channel brother.

[@emmanuelsalako7370]

Great job the reaction was spontaneous after it was ignited with the oxy acetylene torch... I really had so much fun watching the whole show. Great job

[@jointosrs8480]

this dude pulled an all nighter for this vid its very clear the effort put into some of these videos

[@slikrx]

I see you like to torch your torch, when torching

[@vincenttrigg4521]

Should've used his torch to torch his torch when torching to torch his torch lol

[@alexiordache4835]

Whenever i'm sad i just open up your videos and get happy again.

[@thesolstephens]

fair play vid turned up thought give it a go - but im subbing right now just based on how well you talk about what you do - a true man of science - and i thank you sir

[@osolomons]

cody measures area in square nanolight-seconds XD

[@MassageWithKlay]

he must be in his trainee-ship for the telegraph :D

[@PadrinoLuca]

First time hearing about someone else talking about using lightseconds instead of dumb random meters.

[@jackmerlotdoesntliveherean9652]

I thought about using Heinlein's Åseconds for my project SoundDial reporting engine, but light-seconds are probably a better choice if I'm going to go through all that hassle.

[@simpleminded1uk]

that took me right back to my own lab-days, figuring cable propagation times. I had to stop and laugh.

[@jonasstrzyz2469]

@@PadrinoLuca Why are lightseconds less dumb and random than meters?

[@Envirodiamond]

That's pretty cool and very creative - nicely done!! Here's another thermite-type of reaction to consider: powdered aluminum + powdered magnesium + powdered dry ice. Although these are combustible, they are also detonatable. I've patented the detonation process because when you detonate dry ice (frozen CO2) with metallic reducing agents that become oxides, some of the liberated carbon emerges from the detonation as very small diamond dust, which is a premium abrasive product used in manufacturing. In the case of using both aluminum and magnesium together in dry ice, the resulting oxide is Spinel, or MgAl2O4.

[@ZamWB]

What portions were these combined in?

[@daymal2717]

Dont think I'd ever have a use for this, but im glad I know now, thanks Cody!

[@deathbyusagi6370]

m'luminum

[@overthehilldill3626]

Duh'luminum

[@Greggg57]

I saw guys on the railroad tracks using thermite to weld cracks in the steel rails together. It was awsome.

[@sirreggie51]

I used to be a brakeman on the CSX RR and not sure if what you saw is what actually was happening. If you notice, most railroads no longer have the 'clickity-clack' on their main lines. This is due to the installation of what's called "ribbon rail". It comes in 1/4 mile lengths and instead of using the conventional rail splices, nuts & bolts to connect this rail to another piece of existing rail, they now weld the two pieces together. However, they also do not use the conventional technique of 'stick' welding. They place a mold around the rail, pour thermite into the mold then light it and walk away. This melts the rail, fusing it together with a very strong weld. They let it cool, remove the mold, then grind any rough spots or slag. Once completed on this section of rail, you will notice that when a train rolls over it, no 'clickety-clack'. I no longer work for the RR, but I will tell you that I missed the clickety-clack... had a kind of hypnotic effect on me. Probably not very safe for the public. But the ribbon rail lulls you to sleep.

[@Drolnevar]

@@sirreggie51 I just now reading your comment realized that it is indeed not there anymore here, too. Now I kinda miss it, too.

[@hex2740]

No one: @@sirreggie51wanna hear some train shit that hurts your brain? :)

[@Dj-ve2hx]

Cad weld.

[@hex2740]

@David Snyder

[@tastyw0rm]

Brilliant analogy about the dry grass and plank of wood!

[@Tyler-sy7jo]

The iron you get out may also be very hard and brittle due to low grain size in the crystal structure. This happens when a metal is cooled very quickly (quenched as a blacksmith would say). If it had cooled slowly, you may have had a less brittle product as it would give the material more time to grow larger crystal grains (a process called annealing iirc). Of course, gas and other impurities also are causing some brittleness as impurities "stunt" crystal growth (see cast iron). Great video though. Love these experiments.

[@TheVirginMeri]

Careful Cody, too much entertainment and learning will get you in trouble...

[@josephnevin]

Termi are your referencing what has happened to the king of random?

[@RyuzakiReaper]

SidewindeR More than likely yes. The liberals don't like learning. Which is ironic considering they pretend to be so much more intelligent.

[@jskratnyarlathotep8411]

youtrouble, to be exact =D

[@Sithhy]

What happend to TKoR? Did I miss something big?

[@rasmachris94]

Wouldn't want anyone to do any learning AND have fun now would we?

[@vorg_]

Awesome, Cody. I made thermite as a kid and getting powdered aluminum was the absolute worst. We'd get aluminum anything and just grind it down for hours... Amazing you got it to work with foil.

[@anthonypoulos1370]

We got our Aluminum by filing a casting in grade school metal shop.😂

[@000Krim]

Love your content dude 🙂

[@patcypatcy2797]

Excellent, man!

[@misaalanshori]

*LUMINUM FOIL*

[@davey2k12]

Aluminium

[@among-us-99999]

'LUMNUM

[@ennuiiunne5319]

illuminati foil

[@davey2k12]

Al-u-min-ium

[@davey2k12]

It's just foil lmao

[@dominicwilliams8526]

Did he just measure in light units?

[@gazzarrr666]

I think it's called irony, not something that all cultures get. Apparently, he does and you don't! (What he is saying is he doesn't know the thickness and he doesn't really care, either!)

[@wattsmith2656]

A light second is 299,792,458 meters. One nano light second is approximately 0.0003 meters. He's off by a factor of about a thousand. One amu is approximately 1.66e-27 kg. 5e24 amu is 8.3e-3kg or 8.3 grams. The sheet's around a meter long a half meter wide and 0.000016 meters thick. The density of aluminium is about 2.7 g/cm3. That's about 22 grams. He's off by the density of aluminum. It looks like the numbers are real and my math or his math was a bit off. Probably wasn't putting too much thought into it because it was just to sound cool.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

watt smith Your first conversion is off by 1000.

[@tdjolliff]

John Francis Doe 1000.0003? :p

[@wattsmith2656]

@@tdjolliff That's outside the percent error. :þ

[@joel.759]

"I've placed approximately 2 square nano light seconds of aluminum foil onto the table" 0:30

[@geraldfrost4710]

It's about a foot long. In nano light seconds a prime figure for a woman is 3-2-3. (nerds rule!)

[@brumm0m3ntum94]

*luminum

[@kfl611]

I like how you explained everything.

[@ryanmalin]

Nano light seconds long lmfao Cody nice

[@geraldfrost4710]

A nano light second is about a foot. In nano light seconds, a prime figure for a lady is 3-2-3.

[@BBlaylock06]

it’s funny how Alec Steele can make knives all day long and post videos about it, and not get any strikes. But so help me if Cody does one experiment with something or if ZNA Productions does one video over making a knife, it’s an instant strike. Explain that to me

[@danielbyal4440]

The ZNA part is because he is making weponds for the purpose of violence, the cody part is bullshit tho

[@Unmannedair]

Robots will destroy the KZbin-verse! Botpocolypse!

[@toddlaplanteVT85]

Shit Sky-Net just became self aware! We're all fucked now! 😁

[@tylerlhotta7317]

Sheldon Robertson he's a really amazing KZbinr. I'd recommend checking out his channel

[@christophersavignon4191]

Daniel Byal "making weponds for the purpose of violence" Are you alleging that ZNA builds his _weapons_ with the intention to use them for violence, and not for artistic purposes?

[@breakdown2878]

thank you for explaining the chemistry

[@B.V.Luminous]

Thanks, I was just wondering what other list I could get my name on, and this works perfectly!

[@techgamer1597]

Love how you covered up the "A" in aluminium on the foil box lol

[@Nickgowans]

I lost it when I saw this, at first I thought it might be a brand name over in the states, then I heard him repeatedly mispronounce it multiple times and lost it (I won't mention aluminium vs aluminum because I don't want to trigger a world war)

[@christophern7921]

techgamer15 why is the A gone?

[@spooderman_q]

Why would he do that tho

[@Emetris]

He decided to call it luminum. -Precious Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode 16: Aluminium from dirt 17:14

[@wotviewer]

yes, I just assumed it was in deference to their inability to say the word anyway

[@scalefishonline]

The year is 2020, Cody's lab successfully made thermite out of human poo.

[@Chuckiele]

well, he already made gunpowder from piss.

[@biggiecheese7211]

there is an amount of iron and aluminium in your poo so it only really takes seperating what you do and dont want

[@msDanielp369]

HUMAN POO DUDE!?

[@KongofPip]

It only works, if it's from two guys called Al and Rusty.

[@Aidon.Knowles]

I am definitely on a watchlist now.

[@somedudeontheinternet5213]

Nobody: Not a single soul: Not even a person called nobody: Cody: *uses light nano seconds as a measurement*

[@William_Asston]

7:20 cody uses baby torch to light big boi torch.

[@alexcrowder1673]

William Asston corp. Omg I have to do the same thing! My big torch has a broken starter lol. Except I use one of those comically large lighters to light it.

[@Felisargyle]

Alex Crowder yes your big boi torch broken.

[@doctorpeep]

Thank you god

[@SardiPax]

If you put strips of aluminium foil in a coffee grinder it will actually reduce it to a pretty fine powder. Great demonstration though, thanks.

[@juliusfucik4011]

Cody has a dedicated ball mill for grinding up anything. But where is the fun in that?

[@the_ALchannel]

Ball mill only grinds hard materials like rocks. Aluminum foil would at best become even more flat.

[@ckscustoms7163]

ALchannel uhh I'm pretty sure a ball mill would do a pretty good job of grinding up foil. You're possibly thinking of the bigger crusher thing Cody has to turn larger pieces of ore into chunks small enough for the ball mill

[@the_ALchannel]

Chris Keuken you think so? In my opinion, aluminum is pretty soft metal and ball-crushing process wouldn't work well with it; i mean, ball mill basically crushes things by constantly dropping metal balls on them, you think aluminum could be broke apart like that? Also just noticed, *metal* balls, and balls don't crush themselves, right?

[@ehcmier]

Depends where each metal falls on the Mohs Scale of Hardness relative to each other.

[@douglascox9996]

Back in the days when electric streetcars were new, the standard practice for making a continuous conductive contact between sections of rail was to make a sand cone at the rail joint, fill it with thermite mix, and ignite the mix, thus allowing the iron to form a weld connection for the rails. The molten iron was contained within the height of the rail sections by clay dams on either side to save on materials and finish filing.

[@PDoughboy22]

Rollin up a thermite joint

[@benjamimapancake6429]

'2 square nanolightseconds' One light second is 299792 kilometers = 299 792 000 meters. Nano = 10^-9 299 792 000 meters * 10^-9 ~= .3 meters One square nanolightsecond is .09 square meters, making 2 nanolightseconds .18 square meters. Edit: .3 meters = 30 centimeters, 900 cm^2, 1800 square centimeters

[@notgray88]

BenjamimaPancake at first I thought he was just speaking gibberish but then I realized... Hey wait a minute... A lightsecond is a measurement of length!

[@willvititoe2781]

180 cm. Squared

[@benjamimapancake6429]

wik, the distance is proportional to the speed, it doesn't really make a difference either way. Still good comment!

[@benjamimapancake6429]

kancer, you have to multiply by 100^2 to get the amount of square centimeters. I edited my original comment in a tiny bit more detail.

[@benjamimapancake6429]

wik, speed * (10^-9 * time) = 10^-9 * (speed * time) I can see how I explained it poorly.

[@TacticalFemboy]

Now I can melt my way into the bank vaults on a budget! Thanks Cody.

[@madmick6275]

I was thinking ATMs

[@myxxwash.d.c.4712]

Nice work man

[@mattgue3452]

Love this video! Such a fun new take on a elementary reaction! You should try a thermite wafer with like a wax binder. I would but I dont have a safe enough area. Lotsa grass and trees nearby...

[@chubbyemu]

A Man Lit A Rusty Foil Burrito 🌯 On Fire. This Is What Happened To His ________ (?)

[@ralfschmelcher9673]

KZbin revenue

[@TheDeadMeme27]

Chubbyemu body?

[@cecilwaters333]

Spleen. Definitely.

[@ryanzasuly6757]

Marshmallow?

[@fasligand7034]

Rusty foil burrito presence in blood

[@xJHigx]

This man really stayed up all night to reproduce the entire experiment on a larger scale for us 7:03. What a beast

[@RjGold5.12]

Sir, you make learning so interesting!

[@elijahmoore2543]

For a better ignition you can use a magnesium and pottasium blend my personal fav is to buy a sparkler or welding rod and wrap it with a magnesium strip

[@alcaldealer8515]

Really like that you explain what your doing, why you do it and everything else you add with your knowledge. Thanks Cody. Happy holidays

[@Hailfire08]

I love the Scott Manley 'check yo' stagin'!' shirt! It's beautiful!

[@richardgreen7811]

To put this little experiment in context, one only has to go back to June 6, 1944 where at Normandy France, specifically the Omaha Beach geographic sector, three separate 4-man teams were charged to disable four German 88 artillery pieces that protected the invasion area from the allies. Only one of the teams found their way to the artillery site where they killed gunners manning machine gun emplacements and placed thermite grenades inside the breaches of each artillery piece. There was no explosion, simply the welding and pitting of the breaches which rendered the units unusable.

[@Bacpakin]

For a quick ignition, use double-base smokeless propellant, added to one end of the foil, AFTER the drying and folding. It will ignite QUICKLY, so use a long stick match.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Aluminium foil and rust - the easy way to make thermite - yes!! You'll need an oxy-acetylene torch to light it - ach bollox.

[@Purin1023]

I mean you can ignite it with magnesium strips, but probably not when its a solid like this considering how long he had to hit it with the torch

[@pangolinproductions576]

Sadly not common rust aka ferrous hydroxide.

[@samurphy]

roll it around a birthday sparkler, and it will light off that.

[@kadmow]

Ian, use some sparkler dust.

[@user-yb5cn3np5q]

In which country magnesium strips are sold at pharmacies, and for what reason? There are easier ways. For example, a mixture of aluminium with some strong oxidizer (KNO3, KMnO4) and sulfur can light a thermite. When it's a foil-based thermite, I'm afraid you'll need an intermediate small amount of thermite with powder inside, otherwise it won't lit up.

[@capnlatenight5356]

When the crucible broke it looked like a hatching dragon egg

[@camrynhunter6969]

Lolol that was cool. Keep up the committed hard work !!!

[@randalls9422]

2² nano-lightseconds...oh Cody with your units. Who needs centimeters when you can measure length based on the speed of light. I always loved this kind of content. Your more current videos are great too! It's a pleasant change, but still fire!

[@dougdavenport4778]

I'm curious as to what temperatures your thermite in capable of generating. The charges I used in the military were around 3000f

[@ZioStalin]

"aluminium foil thermite" will probably get your video demonetized, but if you rename it "how to cook a marshmallow using aluminium foil and rust powder" you might get around that problem ;)

[@theredstormer8078]

You also gotta call it a life hack.

[@hiperson5986]

Federico Spadone it's not *a*luminum it's luminum

[@theredstormer8078]

@@hiperson5986 um... Yes it is aluminum.

[@hiperson5986]

On the box it says luminum you instead of aluminum

[@theredstormer8078]

@@hiperson5986 oh goddammit you're right but why tho?

[@Manhole87]

That glowing crack looks properly cool when it was forming

[@randallracer]

the lil things like the roasting a marshmallow over thermite is what i love about youtube.

[@kalm1531]

Well done man!

[@tylertapp2024]

Thank you Cody for being as accurate as you possibly can. It makes watching much more enjoyable knowing that the person doing this stuff is knowledgable

[@matsv201]

And now UK banned aluminium foil

[@corpsie666]

matsv201 911!!!

[@godfreypoon5148]

OI YOU GOT A LOISCENCE FOR THAT LUMINUM MATE?

[@mrinalthakur3459]

Godfrey Poon 🤣

[@manictiger]

Jet beams can't melt steel fuels.

[@matsv201]

Well.. it seams like they can... :D

[@scottbrigner6950]

I love the sound of flies and cats while you're eating your marshmallow 🤣

[@archbishopmactasty76]

This looks fun af. Imma go home today and try it out

[@JohnDoe-ob1hq]

Isn't iron oxide just rust?

[@madisoncornwall7799]

John Doe yes

[@mhmercuric4339]

yes

[@ThatJay283]

You can get some by running electricity through salt water with iron electrodes. That is the fastest way to do it.

[@kirknay]

easy thermite blend 101. 1: grab road flare. 2: walk to nearest helicopter with magnesium transmission. 3: chuck the lit road flare inside the casing, and watch the bonfire.

[@YitocukKilic]

it is iron III oxide

[@ThePaulPyro]

Never thought about this method, brilliant job Cody!

[@hiddenanimations2397]

Thanks, this will be useful

[@benaycock1646]

Lol I love that you can hear Bud begging to get out of the garage and also his bees at the end of the video

[@richardrobertson1331]

Cody, a long time ago you helped your parents do some kitchen upgrading and there was a charred mark up the wall near the stove. I venture to say you probably had an active part in that but we never heard the story behind it. Someday, please share it. You would have been an interesting kid to raise. Hope at least one of yours is a 'chip off the ol' block'. Very interesting video, as usual. Thanks

[@alexcrowder1673]

Richard Robertson Id bet it was from the map gas torch from soldering pipe in the kitchen. Char marks after renovating are almost always from the plumber. They start a lot of fires too.

[@alfoncejean8826]

Was the A in aluminium to offensive for yt?

[@TheRedKnight101]

This way he doesn't cause a comment war, it's not aluminum or aluminium it's luminum

[@votalis4089]

I was thinking the covering of A is both because he's showing a branded product, and combined with the crazy units he used, an effort to mask the recipe from children. Hah, You can't ever stop a comment war!

[@smoothelikejello]

I bet he wasn't masking it from children, but instead from YT censors. It might qualify as instructions on how to make a weapon, which YT banned. This is my guess based on "luminum" and the way he described what thermite is, without naming the metals.

[@chrisnguyen1186]

Well he mentioned iron and "luminum" so it doesn't take a genius to figure that out. I thought he was poking fun at his own pronunciation of the metal by covering the 'A'.

[@alfoncejean8826]

A way to circuvant censorship? this can't be serious.

[@krissander1]

You can actually do this reaction in a paper cup, pop a hole in the bottom of the cup and cover with a single sheet of tissue paper then fill your cup with thermite. Place the cup in a stand over a metal bucket of water and ignite it with a magnesium wick some magnesium powder around the wick may help. The cup holds together just long enough for the tissue to burn through and release the molten iron.

[@KingJellyfishII]

"nano-light-seconds squared" Lmao

[@livingiant]

1024 1 light-nanosecond = 0.299792458 meter

[@SimonPinfold]

I think he was going to say feet, then chose a non-imperial measure :p

[@clifflandiss2219]

Cody, great demo, especially how to blend the iron oxide and aluminum. Now if you want to compare against industry standard thermite devices, go to an industrial electric supply house. Get a CadWeld kit, this is used to fuse two high voltage/high amperage conductors together. Creating a join that will support the load. It is filled with powered aluminum and iron oxides in a single use casting mold with guides for the conductors and and ignitor. You clamp it over the conductors, secure the fit, ignite it. The casing remains in place and when it is cool, it is ready for a load test.

[@gerry5712]

Actually Cadweld (r) uses copper oxide and aluminum; the finished weld is somewhere between copper and aluminum bronze. Better conductivity and will not corrode. Probably has some other alloying elements to get it to bond to steel which is a main use of the process (attaching ground cables to building frames, for example). The same basic REDOX reaction as the iron based thermite.

[@virtualizeeverything]

this is grate i love that you car showing this stuff

[@scotcoon1186]

Railroads use thermite to weld rail sections together. Galvinizing zinc packs for pipelines come with some thermite for welding the lead to the pipe.

[@TheKdizzle1971]

When Cody's friends ask him whats crackalackin, Cody says 'thermite'

[@HomemadeChemistry]

And I thought you would only throw the foil into your ball mill... But you never let me down, why should you today? Great idea!

[@fabiosemino2214]

Homemade Chemistry Like that time he "recharged" batteries... With fresh MnO2!

[@HomemadeChemistry]

Fabio Semino Lol, exactly!!!