Thermite is quite an interesting substance! I was honestly quite surprised with the results of this test because there are quite a few impurities in the iron ore so I did not expect as high of a yield

I am interested to see how other metal oxides will interact with the final product as well. I am also curious as to how hard it is going to be to control to carbon content in the final product by adding

No problem! I enjoy sharing knowledge which is why I am here! I plan on using the iron I make, depending on how much I get, to make a blacksmith's hammer and a knife.

The air turbulent (in terms of flow properties) when it comes out of the nozzle which gives it a cone like spread. I can simply move the compressor away from the air inlet to lower the air inflow.

In terms of the earthen door question, I could 'theoretically' remove the bloom from the top but that is borderline impossible and then I would have no good way to clean the furnace. It honestly isn't

I decided to build it because I really like to challenge myself and not many people can say they made iron (however small the amount) from rock. Now I just need to get enough to make something useful!

Cold welding is a very interesting phenomena. Essentially the surface atoms 'see' each other on contact (since there is no oxide layer) and just join together covalently as if they were always one piece

I have seen primitive technology and I will say his natural draft furnace is very impressive. My only concern about that furnace type is that the air flow is not as penetrating and regulated so you can

Depending on the Iron yield, I will probably make a few knives and possibly an axe. I have about 300lbs of good quality ore at the moment and will probably end up doing a 100lb ore run to start and see

I currently am not but will most likely make one shortly. When I do, I will post a link. Keep an eye out for this in my upcoming posts!

I will dedicate an entire article to this shortly after I get a few more flanges and components. The short version is that the electron beam current has relation (i think its linear-ish) to both the applied

I apologize for the lack of content as of late. My workload for my classes increased to the point where I did not have enough time to do any experiments or even write about the existing ones I had done.

I am planning on using Microwave Oven Transformers to construct a Plasma Electrode electron gun as one of my upcoming projects!

I have edited information in. I was not aware that was a feature, thanks!!!!

Yes I have! I built this one first because it was very simple and I don't think anyone had tried this particular setup before. I plan on building a hall effect thruster at some point soon which uses magnetic

This is actually the same viewport! I just reconfigured a few things to get this particular experiment more centered in the chamber. I have received my new viewport but have to purchase a few more components

I intended to write than in my article then completely spaced about that part so I apologize for that. I use the residual gas to impart momentum on the nozzle. So the gas remaining in the vacuum chamber

I will use the #steemstem tag in the future! Thanks for the advice! I plan on making a fusor in the future. I have a decent number of the parts, I just need a few more flanges and some deuterium and it'll

Thank you for the input! I was going to write a paragraph about the fuel but then it just escaped me. The purpose for the regular rocket diagram was to describe the basic process of a rocket operation,

I greatly appreciate this! Thanks a ton!