What anti-thermal material can you use to make a metal casting using thermite?
This is a home chemistry experiment being done in safe conditions with properly trained individuals. It seems as if thermite eats through just about everything so even if the material does not melt if it gets to hot it could deform the casting. I would prefer answers not containing the word titanium. Unless you can give an example of where you can get titanium and if its within a reasonable price. I would prefer the material to be somewhat easy to shape.
Have you considered something like firebrick? Alumina? Those can be milled or ground into proper shapes. Maybe you should look up how castings are typically done. The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology is a great series of books. You will find it in any decent university library.
December 27th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Have you considered something like firebrick? Alumina? Those can be milled or ground into proper shapes. Maybe you should look up how castings are typically done. The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology is a great series of books. You will find it in any decent university library.
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