Home Chemistry: 50g of Iron Thermite with Synthetic Ruby Feedstock Core (reaction only)
1,353 views · Published 18 September 2018 · 8:23 · Indexed 6 October 2026
Channel: Matthew Wilson · 2018 · Science & Technology
***Update*** Here is link to a shared album on my Google+ Profile showing micrograph images I captured of the corundum (ruby/sapphire) under the microscope. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNYaeYlptKVtO-M7NZRz9qSKaSM_JHTXVweuZmy_6TjV3XpFVr_jvX_jfYuvNiOeA?key=bURsXy1Ea1c5MWJCaWxZVjdsZFFkc1NqWmpHRTF3 I placed a total of 50 grams of thermite in my trusty stainless steel flower pot filled with sand. (Thermite reaction vessel). I used an old broken test tube to fill the middle of the thermite pile so that I could completely surround the ruby feedstock oxide core. I'm not sure if any amount of the Cr2O3 would have took part in the thermite reaction, but if it did, the volume would be insignificant considering it only makes up 4% of the ruby feestock material. I expect to find glowing pink material under UV light and I hope the impossible of finding any small red corundum crystals. I am just now breaking the slag apart and I'm finding some interesting things, but nothing stands out screaming RUBY! I know that won't happen, but I should theoretically find some crude trace amount of red colored fused material. Check out the result micrograph pictures: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM_VO9g5kbg9zifPU9l7XPW2drfb6uSjes5pLRFmxBc3Zsx_f6k848emQcIpkUyBg?key=QmVHXzdtTWxMd1ZtN3VsQlNpLXA3cmV1UHBEQ1VB
