Re: different types of thermite

On Mon, 5 May 2008 11:08:13 -0500, "Tim Williams"
<tmoranwms@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Gold oxide Au2O3

It doesn't exist. Gold just does not oxidize. [It is nearly inert
although cyanides will dissolve it]. One of the regulars at the
folklore group related the time he had a chance to steal from the
chemical storeroom in high school. He couldn't find iron oxide, so he
substituted copper oxide. No aluminum, but they had powdered
magnesium. He said it burned with near explosive quickness.

Casady