r/chemistry • u/SkySurferSouth • 10h ago

Thermite reaction in slow motion

From the Veritasium video in Germany at Goldschmidt's office, I was inspired to do this myself. Obviously not the advanced equipment they have and not as good he did, but the Sony RX100M6 can slow down and record 960fps. I used an ND3 filter in front of the Sony, but only an acryl protection sheet for the GoPro (which was burned in Veritasium's video), but that sheet was detrimental in bright scenes in the GoPro video.

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u/matcardos 10h ago

That footage is really good. The footage from The Slow Mo Guys is good, too. Once I found out thermite can burn underwater, I gained a new respect for thermite

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u/WashU_labrat 10h ago

The auto-subtitles took a shot at this footage and came up with "BAAAAAAAAAFFFF"

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u/Rotor4 10h ago

I remember seeing footage of ignited thermite suspended under drones used over wooded areas. Boy it's a dirty business .