On Mar 17, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Brian B. Riley wrote:

> I would just class it all as varying degrees
> of hell ... never once using the adjective 'milder'

I made some of the 30s/inch tungsten/barium chromate mix once, cause  
I find slow burning mixtures particularly interesting.  It's very  
weird stuff.

(although, even the professional "welding" thermite is "mild"  
compared to the finely powdered mixtures that amateur would-be pyros  
put together.  I had a can of commercial thermite once, and the  
grains of Al and iron oxide with nearly kitty-litter sized...)

BillW

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