Thermite

Name:
Thermite
Detailed information:
A mixture of ferric oxide and powdered aluminum, usually enclosed in a metal cylinder and used as an incendiary bomb, invented by the German chemist Hans Goldschmidt around 1900. On ignition by a ribbon of magnesium, the reaction produces a temperature of 2200C, that is sufficient to soften steel. This is typical of some oxide/metal reactions which provide their own oxygen supply and thus are very difficult to stop.

Hazard:

Dangerous fire risk.