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Thermite with Aluminium Oxide?
I recently have purchased aluminium oxide and iron oxide (aluminium oxide by mistake) to make thermite.
I'm wondering will this work and if not I'm thinking maybe I could reduce the aluminium.
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What would you reduce it with? Iron oxide is already oxidized so it can't reduce aluminium oxide. It would be hilarious if it did.
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Wikipedia says that Al2O3 is useful for dehydration of alcohols to alkenes.
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Quote: Originally posted by Eddygp  | | What would you reduce it with? Iron oxide is already oxidized so it can't reduce aluminium oxide. It would be hilarious if it did.
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If you're talking about the Thermite, no it can't be reduced with Aluminium oxide.
You could reduce it though with Charcoal and then do the thermite.
I should've read it 
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You are not going to reduce aluminium oxide with charcoal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Production_and_refine...
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Maybe sodium will do the trick... but you should then get sodium. Why can't you forget about thermite and use it for other purposes?
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magnesium should work too no?
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| Quote: Originally posted by Eddygp | | Maybe sodium will do the trick... but you should then get sodium. Why can't you forget about thermite and use it for other purposes?
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I've got no other purposes to use it for. Might sell it
Next time I'll read it properly.
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