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If I remember my chemistry correctly, thermite = aluminium + an oxidizer. So the filler you are describing is thermite. Edit: I worry I may be incorrect. Therm
by EthanHeilman 12y ago
If I remember my chemistry correctly, thermite = aluminium + an oxidizer. So the filler you are describing is thermite.
Edit: I worry I may be incorrect. Thermite seems like a very odd thing to put in a flash bang. Perhaps it is only a thermite mixture but the reaction is different?
- refurb 12y agoNo biggie. Thermite is a mixture of a metal and a metal oxide, typically aluminum and iron oxide (which is an oxidizer). Thermite specifically converts the iron oxide to iron metal (very exothermic). That's why they use it to repair rail lines, etc. If you replace the iron oxide with another oxidizer, it's not really thermite (since no iron metal is produced) and it turns it from a very exothermic reaction into an explosion (with the right oxidizer). They do make thermite grenades, but they are typically used to destroy equipment, not make a loud sound (as flashbangs are). If the police were using thermite grenades for raids, that would be even more horrifying than it already is.
- base2 12y agoI'm glad someone in this thread knows about thermite. Thermite also burns pretty slow(comparably) and having to roll into an area that has thermite burning everywhere is just plain....silly? I'm just going to throw this bucket of gasoline and a lit zippo into this room before I enter it!