You didn't actually read any of those documents did you? You just typed thermite and explosive into the search fuction and linked to the list didn't you? You didn't realise that someone would actually read the papers did you?
We aren't truthers you know. We will read what you link.
As a materials engineer I'm always interested in reading new things so I read this one.
Explosive consolidation of combustion sythesized ceramics: TiC and TiB2
Basically it's a process called self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) used to make ceramics with a density of 98%.
Simply react a powder by combustion in an insulated container and then use the pressure from a separate* explosive to compact the hot pourous ceramic instead of sintering and pressing or hot isostatic pressing (HIP).
*Page 7.
There are 2 references to thermite in the paper and none of them relate to thermite being used as an explosive.
Funny how the welding of rails on railways can be done using thermite. Why would you want to use a material that will blow up and destroy the very thing you want to weld together AND kill the operators? Genius!
This is a reference.
So atavisms: why are you linking us to something that has no relevance to thermite being an explosive? Are you being dishonest on purpose?
Why is thermite used to weld rails together when it's a dangerous explosive capable of destroying steel and flinging steel hundreds of feet? atavisms?
