From: Vincent.Cate%sam.cs.cmu.edu@ssyx.ucsc.edu Subject: Thanks John! & Re: Howdy and How? Date: 1 Mar 90 10:29:52 GMT Thanks John for posting about Lindsay. It sounds like exactly what I was looking for. The other books look good as well. I will have to post about Atlan Formularies when I bring the information in from home - they sell several good books. Duke: >For openers, does anyone know how to get email to/from Compuserve? Try the following: compuserve!70245,1145@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU >Now, on to pyro. Aluminium is a MARVELOUS reducing agent, as it releases an >enormous amount of heat. Classically, mix it with iron oxide to get thermite >(or thrmit) which burns ferociously and dumps out a stream of molten iron. I also tried this back in Jr. High. Even with a propane tourch I could not get the mixture to light. It would glow from the heat but not light. What mixture did you use and how did you light it? I ended up using my iron oxide when I planted a redwood tree since someone told me that they grew better or were redder with lots of iron oxide in the soil. -- Vince