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Does thermite work in space

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Thermite has its own oxygen source so it can burn without an outer source of oxygen, including underwater and in the vacuum of space.

However, I do doubt that thermite can burn in space, since space is quite cold. It would just depend in how far away from the Sun you are when you light the thermite.

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