| | | Thermite steel, larger. After I got my technique down, I started practicing thermite casting with a standard batch of about a pound of powder.  These pieces are examples of the output of those reactions, cast into different kinds of graphite molds.  Here's a picture of the mold that makes the cylinders:
 
  
 Here's what it looks like just after opening it:
 
  
 See below for what I was practicing for: An iron link in my multi-metal chain.
 
 Source: Theodore Gray
 Contributor: Theodore Gray
 Acquired: 27 July, 2003
 Price: Donated
 Size: 3"
 Purity: >90%
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