Exploding Thermite Pumpkins

A video from The Royal Institution explains in a very calm, subdued, British way what happens when you burn iron oxide and aluminum powder inside a pumpkin. The visual effects are quite impressive.

(YouTube link)

It’s also quite dangerous, so don’t try this at home. Please. Thermite is nothing to fool around with.  -via The Daily Dot

 


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