The big reveal came last month when a team led by Professor Huang Liya at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT ...

Ignite with the propane torch. Keep the flame in contact with the magnesium until the metal is white hot. Place the second block of dry ice on top of the burning magnesium. Turn off the lights. The ...

It is smaller and lighter, even though being built of steel, versus the aluminum-magnesium alloy BMW R6 ... engine's exhaust vacuum to assist in the combustion cycle, also enabling it to produce ...

The researchers found that aluminium and magnesium undergo a metallic thermite reaction with boron oxide that can interfere with the combustion process and leaves unwanted oxide residues.