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Old 01-02-2004, 02:50 PM
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Default Metal Particle Combustion
Found some neat info...


Powdered metal and metal filings are used in a LOT of military ordnance.

Powdered magnesium, mixed with other combustible materials, burns with a brilliant white light and is used in star shells, white flares, and all illumination ordnance.

Iron particles, mixed with other combustible elements, makes up the filler for THERMITE grenades used for materiel destruction.

Remember the silvery powder in firecrackers, cherry bombs, and M80s? That silvery powder was ALUMINUM powder mixed with other potassium based chemicals.
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