phyros this is for you

[hgroberts]

If you take about a table spoon of finely powdered iodine and mix it with 2 table spoons of powdered aluminium you can have a really interesting fire start, reason: The iodine and aluminium mixture is compleatly ineart until you add water, when you add water it starts reacting and forms a cloud of purple smoke followed by hot red flames.

Really interesting to start a fire with water!

[Who?]

LOL. good stuff to tell a room full of children ;)

[Presto333]

hmm, ill have to try that.... err.. i mean NOT try that, ya, ill go with that answer :evilgrin:

[PakmanRevd]

If you replace the aluminum with copper..it should be blue

chemical reactions..gotta love em

[psychoballer07]

now where could i get some powdered iodine and powdered aluminium.....? :puzzled:

[PakmanRevd]

eBay

That's where I got Potassium Nitrate..stuff used in smoke bombs

like $3 + shipping for a 3LB tub

[no3ffect]

Also you can take either a hunk of pure lithium, soduim, potassium, robidium, cessium, or francium and throw it in water and you will either watch it catch on fire or explode dependin on which one you use and how much you use :nerd:

[RaistlinsLegacy]

ok i need to try this now hahahaahaha how big of a fire are we talking here?

[dark2k2LCD]

pyros?

[no3ffect]

ok i need to try this now hahahaahaha how big of a fire are we talking here?

Hmmmmm get a chunk of lithium about the size of a baseball it should come susupended in oil then just take it out and throw it in your swimming pool and gets to running i promise you wont be dissapointed LOL

[BuNkErEd]

wtf?! where could i obtain these materials without having to order them(i highly doubt i would be permitted to order such things)

[sharps990]

lol we watched sum ppl throwing hunks of potassium into a strip-mine runnoff lake

darn those where sum big kabooms

sharps

[no3ffect]

Yep hydrogen gas makes a big kaboom lol

[mamba_juice]

Yep hydrogen gas makes a big kaboom lol



and i see tons of it through the use of voltaic cells...dont be like me and make sure you have at least a hood and a few fans if your using one :microwave


but anyway making different colors with fire is definately fun, but thermite is still my fav lol

[BuNkErEd]

what color does thermite burn?

[no3ffect]

I like copper the best its such a cool looking green

[little_miss_trouble]

New project for Jeb instead of useing CO2 and Water in used sodabottles at the feild ;-)

[mamba_juice]

what color does thermite burn?


hematite thermite burns like this:

http://i10.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/a0/bb/83_12_s.JPG