Fireworks anyone?

JC · Post by JC » Sat May 17, 2008 6:30 am

LOL
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TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:30 am

That was just "an incher" inside the foil. Magnesium is not explosive.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:09 am

Not bad for a fake.

JAFO · Post by **JAFO** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:25 am

The explosion was so powerful it turned the lights back on. haha

ace · Post by **ace** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:09 pm

JAFO wrote: The explosion was so powerful it turned the lights back on. haha

LMFAO!! Had to replay cause I didnt notice it at first. Funny!!!

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:13 pm

JAFO wrote: The explosion was so powerful it turned the lights back on. haha

JC · Post by JC » Sat May 17, 2008 1:35 pm

Did you also notice, he had a different shirt on after the explosion.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:18 pm

JC wrote:Did you also notice, he had a different shirt on after the explosion.

That and the explosion turned his face black and not his hands.

Also like TonyT mentioned, Magnesium isn't explosive. A long while back we set one of those old school mags on fire with an acetylene torch, that damn wheel burned bright as hell and was a pretty violent fire.

In fact, a lot of race tracks banned real magnesium rims because are virtually impossible to put out once they catch on fire.

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:05 am

RoundEye wrote:That and the explosion turned his face black and not his hands.

Also like TonyT mentioned, Magnesium isn't explosive. A long while back we set one of those old school mags on fire with an acetylene torch, that damn wheel burned bright as hell and was a pretty violent fire.

In fact, a lot of race tracks banned real magnesium rims because are virtually impossible to put out once they catch on fire.

I've machined magnesium, and it does burst into flame if too much heat is generated by machining. Water makes magnesium burn more btw, requires a chemical extinguisher.

magnesium burns white hot. I played w/ it a lot years ago.

wiki

Magnesium is a highly flammable metal, but while it is easy to ignite when powdered or shaved into thin strips, it is difficult to ignite in mass or bulk. Once ignited it is difficult to extinguish, being able to burn in both nitrogen (forming magnesium nitride), and carbon dioxide (forming magnesium oxide and carbon). When it burns in air, Magnesium produces a brilliant white light. Thus magnesium powder (flash powder) was used as a source of illumination in the early days of photography. Later, magnesium ribbon was used in electrically ignited flash bulbs. Magnesium powder is used in the manufacture of fireworks and marine flares where a brilliant white light is required.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun May 18, 2008 2:39 am

burning and exploding are different things, though..well, both obviously involve heat, yada yada..but my point is one is much more violent.

JAFO · Post by **JAFO** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:10 am

Amro wrote:burning and exploding are different things, though..well, both obviously involve heat, yada yada..but my point is one is much more violent.

Absolutely. He just didn't exactly know what he was talking about in the video. I used to buy gunpowder at my local gun shop and make my own fireworks. Added magnesium for white, copper filings for blue, salt for yellow, and calcium chloride for orange. I never could find any strontium or lithium for red.

(note: I still have all ten fingers)

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:14 am

JAFO wrote:Absolutely. He just didn't exactly know what he was talking about in the video. I used to buy gunpowder at my local gun shop and make my own fireworks. Added magnesium for white, copper filings for blue, salt for yellow, and calcium chloride for orange. I never could find any strontium or lithium for red.
(note: I still have all ten fingers)

That's pretty cool. I'm impressed.

JAFO · Post by **JAFO** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:20 am

Amro wrote:...I'm impressed.

That I still have all my fingers? Or that I'm from WV and only started out with 10 fingers?

I was always experimenting with crap like that when I was a kid. I found a college chemistry book at a yard sale when I was 12 and that was the start of some deviant behavior.