Burning Magnesium in Dry Ice! | Magnesium Thermite

Today we will be preforming the spectacular burning magnesium in dry ice experiment.
Magnesium burns in Dry Ice through a thermite reaction where the Magnesium takes the oxygen from the Carbon Dioxide and forms Magnesium Oxide and pure Carbon.

Warning: Dry ice is extremely cold.(-109.3 F or -78.5 C.) Wear gloves to handle the dry ice. Magnesium burns inside of dry ice at about 2000 degrees C. (3632 degrees F). Do this far away from combustible items. Sparks may shoot out.

In this video I carve out a hole in a cube of dry ice and I fill it with a lot of magnesium ribbon. By the time I was done, the Magnesium ribbon was frozen and very cold with frost. It took me a while to ignite the Magnesium with my torch but once I got the Magnesium hot again it started to burn. I then quickly placed a lid made of dry ice on top and the reaction started.

EH Productions Videos is not liable for any damage or injuries if you do reproduce what is shown here. If you do try it, take all the safety precautions.

[alllove]

Knowing something and SEEING something just.. Well knowing that just didn't do it justice! Beautiful

[HannibalTheC]

At least explain where the carbon came from...