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To: Oberon

And just how is he going to get 100 million kilos
liquid all a once?


103 posted on 02/12/2005 7:03:31 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68
That's just one of the many technichal difficulties with this scheme. I think I have the answer, though.

You could put a refractory dam around the hole where you want to dump the iron. Inside this dam, pile up a small mountain of powdered aluminum/ferric oxide mixture. Add one strip of magnesium ribbon to ignite, and voila! A thermite reaction yeilds a swimming pool full of molten iron toot sweet, baby.

I wouldn't stand too close, though.

105 posted on 02/13/2005 12:05:23 PM PST by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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