Thermite is a mixture of iron oxide (rust) and aluminium powder. When they react together they produce aluminium oxide, iron and lots of heat. They were used in UK in the 20s and 30s I believe to weld sections of tram rail together.
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Bourke > Sent: 13 March 2007 08:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Securely Erasing a Hard Drive Before Giving Away - How To > > > Michael Madigan wrote: > > burn it with a thermite grenade. > > > > After years hearing about thermite bombs in Star Wars, I was happy to > find out years later that thermite actually exists. Gives me hope that > someone somewhere has a laser cannon. Probably them damn Eye-ranians! > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
