Super-Material Starlite Crucible Vs. Thermite

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5 жыл бұрын

Can starlite crucible take the heat of thermite reaction? White hot molten steel vs. home made super material. Shout-out to KZfaq channel NightHawkInLight • A Super-Material That ... (link to his Starlite video) for coming up with this recipe that seems to work really close like the real starlite seen on for example this video • Explained: Starlite And here is to link our previous video of this stuff • Super Thermal Insulato...

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@Pawgasm 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, What happens when you mix Thermite with Ice/Water?

@Beyondthepress 5 жыл бұрын

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@ShinyAndyy 5 жыл бұрын

hoe-lee sheet

@atlas5661 5 жыл бұрын

It would explode I think. Super dangerous

@Vikcreed 5 жыл бұрын

snap crackle boom.

@megabowzer100 5 жыл бұрын

Steam explosion lol

@Nighthawkinlight 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for a great shoutout! I'm quite surprised the weight of the molten steel didn't stop the carbon foam from properly forming. Impressive test, and surprising result even to me.

@chadatchison145 5 жыл бұрын

NightHawkinLight Are you going to make anymore starlight videos, have you tinkered with the recipe?

@awfulinternet 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see you here! I think you've started a new youtube trend with your starlite recipe. can't wait to see your next video, they are always a pleasant surprise.

@Nighthawkinlight 5 жыл бұрын

@@chadatchison145 Yes I will be making more videos and more versions of the mixture. I've been out of town since shortly after my last video but am now getting back to work. I might make a video on a different subject before another starlite video.

@chadatchison145 5 жыл бұрын

@@Nighthawkinlight I look forward to all your videos so make whatever, i'll watch them regardless. :)

@joonasfi 5 жыл бұрын

Dude I'm so happy you're here commenting. And I love your videos - you should end more of your videos with the parrot!

@AN-bo5ej 5 жыл бұрын

Starlite Crucible sounds like the name of a death metal band 😂

@Trafficcoordinator 5 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah

@OnlyKaerius 5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Starset, a hard/electronic rock band. Honestly though the name sounds more like it'd be for an electronicore or electronic power metal band than death metal.

@Biospark88 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds more like prog rock/metal to me.

@jay-tbl 5 жыл бұрын

Jeje's Bizore Adventir Starlite Crucible

@robertthomas5906 4 жыл бұрын

Used to be a radio contest - Rock band or race horse. Starlight crucible could be a horse name.

@Mudz21 5 жыл бұрын

You know this is probably the first time I’ve seen thermite actually being stopped

@GunnySGT1911 5 жыл бұрын

It surprised me.

@ABaumstumpf 5 жыл бұрын

containing thermite isn't that hard. Just normally that is not what you want - or at the very least not what you want for a youTube video.

@enchiladaplatter1 5 жыл бұрын

@@ABaumstumpf it is with only a centimeter of material you jackass

@enchiladaplatter1 5 жыл бұрын

@@barbarianaggressor879 i think that's the funniest part about it. it's so simple, and in cooking when the bottom of a pan scorches the top stops cooking from a similar effect i believe. I think that the original inventor kept it such a tight secret because it was embarrassing to him that the formula was a kitchen recipe and not an incomprehensible advancement in chemical science and engineering. He impressed NASA! As long as no one ever knew, he could maintain "genius" status forever even after death! maybe that's the real genius

@nekomimicatears 4 жыл бұрын

@@enchiladaplatter1 the original starlite was likely not a kitchen recipe, it can just be made with things in the kitchen

@thetwitchjester3424 5 жыл бұрын

I think my favorite part about these videos are how good of a relationship they have. They seem so happy

@BixbyConsequence 5 жыл бұрын

Ani seems particularly happy in this one.

@bryanskscion2229 5 жыл бұрын

Two really good friends and partners that love destroying things.

@BillySugger1965 5 жыл бұрын

To credit NightHawkInLight for the recipe, I think we should call this NightLite.

@orcoastgreenman 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Sugger - others have suggested Hawklite, which I like too

@famb2k 5 жыл бұрын

I concur

@benjaminlavallee8534 5 жыл бұрын

orcoastgreenman - I don’t know, I think I like nightlite better

@greg77389 4 жыл бұрын

Well there's no guarantee he was the first who came up with it, and he didn't patent it. We should call it "StarchLite"

@supermanacf 5 жыл бұрын

"Yeah, this doesn't do shit. I'll test with snow" XD

@sketch2620 5 жыл бұрын

So ballsy. There's a 5-gallon bucket of thermite on the table, and he casually walks in with molten remnants, in an experimental crucible, on a cardboard tray...

@albr4 5 жыл бұрын

@@sketch2620 just 1 ember and kapow molten metal flying everywhere

@ecophreak1 5 жыл бұрын

Mmmm... thermite on toast, breakfast of champions

@Runoratsu 5 жыл бұрын

The British have Marmite, the Australians have Vegemite, the Finnish have Thermite.

@maelgugi 5 жыл бұрын

Pros: you'll grow healthy and strong. Cons: Your toilet may clog with metal shards.

@franknordbergno 5 жыл бұрын

In one word: SISU!

@vk3139 5 жыл бұрын

"How do you like your toast?" Extra crispy with a hint of slag.

@mfree80286 4 жыл бұрын

@@Runoratsu And the Americans have Tannerite.

@kofix 5 жыл бұрын

Prebaking the starlite in low heat oven with premixed baking soda in the glue could make it transparent. I was able to get some semi transparent goo by accident.

@minecraftermad 5 жыл бұрын

if you bake it you can leave the glue out and replace it with just water since you'll be making jello out of it and with the soda in it you could be left with the same properties as this starlite just a stiffer material.

@jonaswilson3150 5 жыл бұрын

Make a video showing that m8 plz

@digitalwojtya3669 5 жыл бұрын

what glue did you use

@Subscribesful 5 жыл бұрын

@@couterei.1953 me too^

@kofix 5 жыл бұрын

@@digitalwojtya3669 Regular white (PVA) glue mixed with water as I did not have enough. As jklw10 suggests above the glue is probably not even needed. Mixing with water will probably make it too crumbly at some point (without heating).

@TheJbertolino 5 жыл бұрын

“Holy shit! It actually works!” By far the best commentary yet. No question- Lauri and Anni are awesome! I really enjoy how the results of The experiments you guys perform are just as curious to you as well as us👍

@selulancie 5 жыл бұрын

A piece of wood with the same thickness of the tests you did would be interesting as a comparison.

@WorldofKlown 5 жыл бұрын

Hardwoods are surprisingly resilient. The Chinese used hardwood for ablative reentry shielding on some craft en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanhui_Shi_Weixing

@selulancie 5 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofKlown Yes, exactly.

@ulfvonweimuller4433 5 жыл бұрын

baltic birch plywood would be interesting too

@johngreco7171 5 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofKlown Cork has also been used for spacecraft heat shields; it's low density gives it good insulative/ablative properties. I'm not sure if a cork crucible could be managed, but it'd be interesting to see.

@JMMC1005 5 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofKlown I've even used wood as a mould to cast metal. Admittedly it was only pewter (low melting temperature), and the mould did burn, but it worked better than you might expect.

@jetfueljp4 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you don't fuck around and just get right to the experiment. Love your channel!

@TheJroddude 5 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad Night’s video blew up and inspired all these youtubers to make Starlite. Well done to all of you! 👏🏻

@steadfasttherenowned2460 5 жыл бұрын

Get a loaf of bread and burn it into carbon foam first, then try it with the thermite.

@volvo09 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, with hollowed out center like a boat.

@Atticblur 5 жыл бұрын

AvE has done a good video on that if someone is interested. It's called "Carbon Foam: an incredible material made from everyday items"

@steadfasttherenowned2460 5 жыл бұрын

@@Atticblur I saw that one before. It was good. Thanks.

@frednurk5168 5 жыл бұрын

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@pentachronic 5 жыл бұрын

What about Vegemite ??

@MrChris20912 5 жыл бұрын

This is great! I enjoyed the nighthawk video about starlight as well and it's fun to see others testing the idea as well. Thanks for uploading!

@jantschierschky3461 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for all the experiments you 2 do. Very informative and educational 😎

@bhopgood2011 5 жыл бұрын

You guys just seem like really good genuine people! Your channel is growing!! Stay humble ! Congrats on your current/future success

@ZanteF12R 5 жыл бұрын

You guys are amazing your content is always on point, fun, instructive and scientific. You are the KZfaq I have always wished for

@MrKclo42112 5 жыл бұрын

I had the same results , thanks for posting ,your editing is better than any attempt I could do

@Ranger_Kevin 5 жыл бұрын

Snow = Finnish Thermal Camera xD

@Silberschleier 5 жыл бұрын

What we learn from this video: If you build a spacecraft, don't use bread or papercups to construct a heatshield.

@marks6663 5 жыл бұрын

can't use starlite either. The stuff has no mechanical properties. It would just disintegrate with the slightest bit of force. That is why Ward could never interest anyone.

@pirobot668beta 5 жыл бұрын

And don't make your heat shield out of water-saturated materials! Vacuum + water + time = no more water. Without evaporative cooling, the carbohydrates [flour] will simply burn rather than foam. No carbon foam, no insulation. Water-gel is what Laurie used to set his head on fire; he didn't feel any heat until the stuff was drying out. Again, how does one prevent the heat-shield from losing moisture? How would you know it was sound at re-entry time? If it goes into space, and your life depends on it, it better be stable in any environment.

@jamesbrown4092 5 жыл бұрын

If you make your heat shield out of bread, you'll be toast!

@BrokenLifeCycle 5 жыл бұрын

@@pirobot668beta Actually, the baking soda mixed in creates the CO2 gas that drives the foaming process as it heats. Pyrolysis of starch releases oxygen and hydrogen which can react together to make water.

@BrokenLifeCycle 5 жыл бұрын

@@marks6663 Well, it's similar to ablative cork. In order to use cork as a TPS, it has to be integrated with some kind of mesh for better structural properties. Has anyone tried to mix glass fibers to add strength? Or maybe make a laminate using starlite-analog as a binder?

@lnofzero 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for an impressive demonstration!

@donjohnson5424 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so impressed the starlight held up! Awesome video!

@hjdorn 5 жыл бұрын

That was an awful lot of thermite vs. the starlite. Pretty awesome

@eldardrakeson 5 жыл бұрын

having done a few things with thermite in the past, I am SIGNIFICANTLY impressed by how well this mixture held up. if it can handle direct contact with 4000F molten iron, I think using it in a gas based furnace would work just fine.

@ericxpenner 5 жыл бұрын

Really impressed with the KZfaq Starlite equivalent. Nice video, guys.

@4gauge10 5 жыл бұрын

I'm very impressed Lauri/Annie,I thought for sure the thermite would have burned completely through,I was even more impressed when you touched the container bare handed without any issues with it at all.

@MS-uw3oj 5 жыл бұрын

When i first heared about starlite, i hoped someone would make a video like this GREAT!!! :)

@notamouse5630 5 жыл бұрын

To improve effectiveness of Starlite, try adding sodium silicate to make silica char instead of regular char. Result will be stiffer foam.

@NitroGuyJH 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve waited all week for this video! Yes!

@JeffFlowersgoogle 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shiet - I was not expecting that to work. That is amazing.

@fuzzygenius 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I didn't expect it to hold up so well! The Starlite was like "thermite? Whatever, I don't give a shit"

@kevtris 5 жыл бұрын

that seems to work a lot better than the usual flower pot method, which tends to crack. That's impressive

@verttironka5877 5 жыл бұрын

You are doing good videos and again it made my day thank you

@tonycoke1440 5 жыл бұрын

Put the starlight in the press! - I also wonder if you can make the starlight more dense by compressing it while it dries.

@matthewfarrell317 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, that would be an interesting idea to try, hope they see this, compress it down and see how it changes the reaction.

@kinchan3334 5 жыл бұрын

My guess is that it will be like their playdoh creations as it is quite putty like when not fully dry.

@doomyboi 5 жыл бұрын

You could probably make it more dense if you were careful about it, but if it dries out it will stop working completely. The moisture in it is key to how it works in stopping heat.

@WorldofKlown 5 жыл бұрын

@@doomyboi "if it dries out it will stop working completely" ummm ummm did you not watch a video about how this works? do you no understand the heat conduction properties of water and why there is no water in a space shuttle tile? what you meant to say was "once this completely dries out it will become its most efficient, as a heat shield."

@louisvictor3473 5 жыл бұрын

@@doomyboi people have tried it with completely dry versions of it and it worked just fine. Just saw some dude put a super dry piece of this stuff in the middle of a pile of termite (i.e. surrounded by it) and it radiated heat so much that the termite beneath it wouldn't even ignite. And the piece was cool to touch when there was still molten metal.

@frankrizzo890 5 жыл бұрын

GREAT video guys! VERY interesting!

@josephcote6120 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty amazing! I didn't think it would survive.

@Cetok01 4 жыл бұрын

Very impressive, and also that the Starlite vessel maintained some flexibility even after the experiment as you cut through it.

@johnpruittpruitt4677 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this ALOT!💪💓🎩

@justaguy1811 5 жыл бұрын

NightHawkInLight really opened a new world with his personal starlight mix

@Matt23488 5 жыл бұрын

My first thought when you were putting the thermite into the starlight crucible was "holy shit that's a lot of thermite there's no way it can survive". Boy was I wrong. This stuff is amazing! And to my knowledge, nobody on KZfaq besides you guys have pitted it against thermite yet. Great content!

@richardlove4287 Жыл бұрын

Top job you guys! Thank you.

@lebronshoecollector2556 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another cool video

@TheOnlySolipsist 4 жыл бұрын

The potential for this is so huge, and the best thing is that anyone can make it.

@matthuckabey007 2 жыл бұрын

You guys rock!

@davidharding3647 5 жыл бұрын

Great Part 2 video guys!

@NoTimeForThatNow 5 жыл бұрын

That was amazing!

@BikeFriendlyTexas 5 жыл бұрын

Great work!

@shimata17 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This answers one of the questions I posted to NightHawkInLight. I approximate that 1 centimeter of Starlite can withstand 2500 degrees (Celsius) for about a minute before failure. I considered the startlite failed because the bottom registered 200 degrees at the end of the minute which means it is not a heat insulator anymore. Impressive none the less.

@Spectator6969 5 жыл бұрын

the charcoaled starlite looks just like the perfect finnish sausage.

@WojciechP915 5 жыл бұрын

I have heard of beginning sausage, but never finish sausage

@chaos_omega 5 жыл бұрын

@neilredelinghuys3263 5 жыл бұрын

Simply amazing!

@ingclassy 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for answering my question.

@jbenkidu 5 жыл бұрын

Starlite's composition is a closely guarded secret, but it is said to contain a variety of organic polymers and co-polymers with both organic and inorganic additives, including borates and small quantities of ceramics and other special barrier ingredients - up to 21 in all. Perhaps uniquely for a material claimed to be thermal and blast-proof, it is claimed to be not entirely inorganic but up to 90 percent organic.[7] Nicola McDermott, Ward's youngest daughter, stated that Starlite is 'natural' and edible, and that it has been fed to dogs and horses without ill effects.[8] In 2018, KZfaqr NightHawkinLight demonstrated how to produce a material with characteristics very similar to Starlite by mixing corn starch, baking soda and PVA glue, and mentioned that flour and other types of glue could be used as alternative ingredients.[9]

@gato38 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video.

@Fuzzyfull 5 жыл бұрын

Standing indoors with the red hot starlite ccrucible right next to the big open bucket of thermite... I admire your courage, Lauri! :)

@LSDEAN13 5 жыл бұрын

Lauri and Anni accidentally created ablative shielding for the Finnish Space Program. "Spaceship Management by Perkele" is now assigned to HPC/BTP.

@shauljonah6955 4 жыл бұрын

Very good starlite material.

@kylekenney1907 5 жыл бұрын

That's actually incredible

@domingocavazos 4 жыл бұрын

That was impressive!

@MusicFurler 5 жыл бұрын

Love your crazy videos. And most of all your accent, I would love to visit your country one day.

@TheGerardo41 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff!!!!!

@Baloodini 5 жыл бұрын

That new material is amazing

@StephenButlerOne 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff.

@benkampe6080 5 жыл бұрын

I love the way he says starlight

@nizzurtmontalgizzert3337 2 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing!

@thomasbarlow4223 5 жыл бұрын

Love this channel

@PrecioustheMovie1 5 жыл бұрын

woahhhhh that performs better than I could've hoped.

@MakesSens 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the World Junior Hockey gold medal!

@WoodworkerDon 5 жыл бұрын

🏆👏

@thetwitchjester3424 5 жыл бұрын

You can also now use this as a funnel for other videos

@wallyworlder 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on Finland winning the World Junior Championship in hockey!!

@WoodworkerDon 5 жыл бұрын

🏆👏

@beefling5390 5 жыл бұрын

Doom guy spreads his toast with thermite

@takanara7 5 жыл бұрын

Lmfao, at 8:32 Lauri is holding a nearly red-hot chunk of recently molten steel next to an open bucket full of thermite 🤣

@peterzingler6221 5 жыл бұрын

So Finish Space Programm is coming

@maelgugi 5 жыл бұрын

The reentry heat shields are ready!

@1224chrisng 5 жыл бұрын

unless if Jebediah Finnman puts the Ladders on the Hatches

@mmalon2908 5 жыл бұрын

I like that you gave credit to the channel, Night Hawk, that this originated from. I tried the 9 parts Corn Starch to 1 Baking Soda, but in one batch I added some laundry additive "Borax." I also used condensed milk instead of White Glue and it seemed more durable.

@marklarson8121 5 жыл бұрын

Great job guys I thought it would go through I was wrong.

@minecraftermad 5 жыл бұрын

toast was surprisingly good

@RandyRandersonthefamous 5 жыл бұрын

amazing material! could change the world!

@Debbiebabe69 5 жыл бұрын

So a substance that, when lit, can go straight through a car engine block - can be stopped basically by cornflour?

@DreStyle 5 жыл бұрын

Aluminum car engine 😂 yeah its pretty soft stuff

@jbenkidu 5 жыл бұрын

The original starlite can withstand a laser at 10 000 degrees for 5 min. The egg was raw and still cold to the touch.

@arolust 5 жыл бұрын

well... to be fair, you can use flour to cause a huge explosion as well

@dorfsteen 5 жыл бұрын

F****** a right

@bonuscomment2492 5 жыл бұрын

Thermite when made properly burns tree times hotter than molten lava.

@resplendentruby 5 жыл бұрын

that was great 😊

@zignasihmasmas4598 5 жыл бұрын

Thermite fuel can't melt starlite beams.

@TK8866275 5 жыл бұрын

Also considering the future, insulating steel beams with a layer of such materials as corn starch, baking soda and glue can't be prohibitively expensive.

@Runoratsu 5 жыл бұрын

@@TK8866275 Might give you corrosion problems though, depending on how hygroscopic the mixture is…

@sleeptyper 5 жыл бұрын

@@TK8866275 If some company gets to charge 5000000$/lb for the stuff, it gets very expensive very fast. Construction industry is full of backpatting...

@hermitoldguy6312 5 жыл бұрын

@TK8866275 That's a really interesting thought. I think it might go mouldy though.

@TheBaldr 5 жыл бұрын

TK8866275 however like the real starlite it would break down in months become useless and create a huge mess. That is the reason starlite never had any real applications.

@danwolf307 5 жыл бұрын

Holy sheet it worked! Lmao Great vid surprising results.

@MCjaspers 4 жыл бұрын

this is like a science lesson

@Maxime4377 5 жыл бұрын

Is it stronger than the material used to insulate the wall of a tiny foundry like you used to heat "red hot steel" ? The comparaison of both against thermite would be interesting as hell !

@YouTube_is_trash_365 5 жыл бұрын

Nighthawkinlight is great channel!

@Fr223Laboratories 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@thegrimmriddle 2 жыл бұрын

Your KZfaq channels are soo rad 😎

@jackalovski1 5 жыл бұрын

I sell most of these ingredients in work... I think I'm going to have to try it!

@MrBeard-ys9vq 4 жыл бұрын

"Holy shit that's bright!" Lol, good stuff, thanks for the vid!

@manuhonkanen2111 3 жыл бұрын

It is star bright!

@phillpauley6672 5 жыл бұрын

Yup. Gotta line my forge with this stuff!

@mruler360 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty amazing to see anything stand up to thermite, even if only barely.

@Beyondthepress 5 жыл бұрын

I think I have to test some other materials high in carbon also. I think wooden bowl could be pretty good also

@Speeder84XL 5 жыл бұрын

@@Beyondthepress Yeah! Pressed toilet paper would also be really fun to see. I think that can hold up quite well since paper contains a lot of carbon and when it's hard pressed it will probably stay strong enough to not fall apart when it turns into carbon by the heat, haha :) The insulating properties is probably not as good as the "starlite" though (since the carbon layer will be much more compact).

@Caraxian 5 жыл бұрын

Using sparkler sticks as a fuse is crazy. Love it

@joshuamitch22 5 жыл бұрын

Didn’t expect that outcome.

@SCARFACE69247 5 жыл бұрын

I think we can all agree, that wood platform on the ground is the real winner.

@AmericanJusticeCorp 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty interesting... Who would have thought.

@DeathbyPixels 5 жыл бұрын

“tempa-tu-wera” I love accents

@Cleanruggies 5 жыл бұрын

I have pretty good idea. Put one of anni paintings in Back ground for decoration. Love this channel

@Jeffery_Saulter 5 жыл бұрын

You make good videos with no bullshit

@MoreGore 5 жыл бұрын

I watched the original Starlite documentary back in the 80s and the guy would never sell the recipe. This is the first time I've seen an attempt to make it again. This could have saved lives for the passed 30 years! If it was only corn starch, baking soda and glue, how the hell is it not in every home as an insulator? I'm really happy I found your channel. Have you tried coating an egg and blasting it with a flame to show that it is still raw inside? The documentary had a laser that burned itself out trying to make startlite even a little bit hot.

@admiralgeneralaladeen8830 4 жыл бұрын

,, and the sparkling sticks......'' *BOOM* ,,yeahhh....''

@simonedmunds8732 5 жыл бұрын

Facinating video. I did not expect the starlight to work so effectively. Did the thermite residue cool down more quickly than in the graphite? As for the bread I suspect that sugars are why it burnt so well and for polystyrene the hydro carbons ...