[rescue] Re: Thermite Was: J. Boyd's sister's attitude problem.]

[Michael Hansen]

David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk> wrote:
>> How well does the magnesium ribbon method work?

>Very well.  Magnesium isn't exactly easy to ignite itself, but a damned
>sight easier to ignite than thermite.  Once the magnesium is lit, it
>burns hot enough to ignite the thermite.

>Thermite is FUN, and one of the few things I remember from chemistry
>classes.  Other than the teacher's demonstration that liquid petrol
>didn't burn, using his own hand (missing two fingers) as part of the
>experimental apparatus.

I've heard that a blowtorch will light the magnesium. =


Anyone ever tried to salvage ceramic-case ICs from an old pcb by
blowtorching the solder-side? Probably safer than the boiling oil
method, but you still have the problem of shrapnel from the =

electrolytic capacitors.