During the International Exhibition for Track Technology from 28 to 30 May 2013 in Münster, Germany, the Goldschmidt Thermit Group will present its SMARTWELDCONTROL. It is a specially designed tool ...

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There probably aren’t many people out there who aren’t aware of what thermite is and how it demonstrates the power of runaway exothermic reactions. Practical applications that don’t involve destroying ...

Thermites are a double-edged sword. Packing a tremendous energy density, and eager to produce tremendous heat when ignited, thermite is great for welding train tracks. But sometimes you might be ...

Train rails are joined together via a seriously awesome process called exothermic welding, which basically involves lighting off a chemical called Thermite and sending molten iron into a sand mould.