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Thermite burns at around 2500 °C, copper melts at 1085 °C. Solder melts at around 190 °C, and gunpowder burns at around 130 °C. I believe that it quite improba

Thermite burns at around 2500 °C, copper melts at 1085 °C. Solder melts at around 190 °C, and gunpowder burns at around 130 °C. I believe that it quite improbable that it was thermite, probably gunpowder with some additives (maybe a pinch of magnesium?)

analog31 6y ago
Afaik there's a variation on termite that produced molten copper instead of iron. Don't remember the chemistry.
- Gibbon1 6y ago
  Still used for bonding ground rods in high power systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBnbB3fiux0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBnbB3fiux0