Old Thermite

[Newbosauras]

Hey guys,

 

Soooo I might have violated the number 1 rule of any good pyro and made something that wasn't used pretty much immediately. I found about 3/4 of a pound of thermite I made about 2-3 years ago in my basement. It's in a sealed glass jar (screw on metal top), and given what I know about thermite's stability and the decay of Red Iron Oxide and Ground Aluminum I don't think that it should be particularly unstable or dangerous but I'd really like to get a little confirmation from a community that's probably a bit more familiar with this than I currently am.

 

Thanks a ton,

Newbosauras

[FlaMtnBkr]

It should be fine. Iron oxide should be about the most stable oxidizer around. However, I wouldn't get in the practice of storing or mixing chems in glass. That is a pretty big no-no in pyro.

[ollie1016]

It'll be fine! As FlaMtnBkr said, storing compositions in glass containers isn't good practice. This type of thermite is probably fine being stored in a glass jar, but just for the future!