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Thermite reaction is used in industry for welding steel together in-place
Copper thermite is a type of thermite where instead of the iron oxide, copper oxide is used instead. The reaction produces pure copper metal, but this thermite gets a little more splattery than the iron thermite.
For the classical iron oxide and aluminum thermite, the products of the reaction are aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and iron (Fe). However, there are many kinds of thermite, but they always produce the pure metal from the oxide.
Yes it is! You will get a thermite reaction
Thermite is a pyrotechnic composition of a metal powder and a metal oxide, which produces an aluminothermic reaction known as a thermite reaction. It is not explosive, but can create short bursts of extremely high temperatures focused on a very small area for a short period of time.
2Al + Fe2O3 -> Al2O3 + 2Fe the thermite reaction-
The person that is credited with inventing thermite is German chemist Hans Goldschmidt. He created it in 1893 using ion oxide and aluminum metal granules.
Thermite process is a procedure of welding using an exothermic reaction to produce a high temperature.
The thermite doesn't exactly make its own oxygen, it's already there in the iron oxide (Fe2O3), and simply get's "transferred" in the reaction: Fe2O3 + 2Al --> 2Fe + Al2O3
The reaction is:Fe2O3 + 2 Al = 2 Fe + Al2O3
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