Fireworks anyone?
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 6:30 am
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Fireworks anyone?
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:30 am
That was just "an incher" inside the foil. Magnesium is not explosive.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 8:09 am
Not bad for a fake.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:25 am
The explosion was so powerful it turned the lights back on. hahaPosted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:09 pm
JAFO wrote:
LMFAO!! Had to replay cause I didnt notice it at first. Funny!!!
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:13 pm
JAFO wrote:
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:35 pm
Did you also notice, he had a different shirt on after the explosion.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 5:18 pm
That and the explosion turned his face black and not his hands.JC wrote:Did you also notice, he had a different shirt on after the explosion.
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.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 1:05 am
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.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.
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.
Posted: 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.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:10 am
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.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.
(note: I still have all ten fingers)
Posted: 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. 
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:20 am
That I still have all my fingers? Or that I'm from WV and only started out with 10 fingers?Amro wrote:...I'm impressed.
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.