> I meant the other kind of termite, a mixture of aluminum powder and rust

Hehe, I know. It was something we used to play around with in chemistry
labs as a practical example of a redox reaction. Anything that made lots
of smoke, light and smell was always popular (with the boys)

The ferinstance we were given, welding rails, is the example here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite

We had a guy fired for trying the pot permangante/glycerol method further
down that page. He'd already had a warning for iodine/ammonia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_triiodide

This was in a resin lab, which contained many flammable solvents, and a
naked flame was as welcome as a **** in a swimming pool. And much
more dangerouser of course

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