Two Jack-o’-Lanterns Demonstrate an Explosive Thermite Reaction in a Fiery Halloween Science Video
by Glen Tickle from Laughing Squid on (#RRM0)
Two jack-o'-lanterns demonstrate an explosive thermite reaction in a fiery halloween science video by the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Host Andy Marmery explains the powerful exothermic reaction between iron oxide and aluminum powders that erupts and sets off a wad of gun cotton in the second pumpkin.