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Thermite is one of the most dangerous chemical reactions humans have conceived of. Created when aluminium powder is mixed with a metal oxide, typically iron oxide, and ignited, the two metals erupt in a violent burst of light and intense heat.
This volatile reaction is the result of oxygen atoms being exchanged between a molecule