Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum

[cronus]

You thought Ebola was scary? Nothing yet....seen.

[pErvinalia]

This is pretty cool.

[Svartalf]

Only if it destroys all the queens

[Hermit]

This is pretty cool.

Hot, actually.

[rainbow]

We in Africa have proper anthills

[Tero]

No fried ants. Where did they go?

[cronus]

No fried ants. Where did they go?

They are fire ants. They swam through the molten disaster scene and escaped.

[Hermit]

We in Africa have proper anthills

Same in Australia. Homeowners don't like them.

No fried ants. Where did they go?

Aluminium has a melting point of 660.3 °C. I expect the ants were kind of vaporised.

[rainbow]

Aluminium has a melting point of 660.3 °C. I expect the ants were kind of vaporised.

Ever wondered what would happen if you set of a thermite filled termite mound?

That would get the temperature up to 2300°C.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Aluminium has a melting point of 660.3 °C. I expect the ants were kind of vaporised.

Ever wondered what would happen if you set of a thermite filled termite mound?

That would get the temperature up to 2300°C.

Hmm...If you used a very large hopper of the stuff at the top you might get a pure iron casting.

[Brian Peacock]

Only if it destroys all the queens

Oo, get 'er.

[piscator]

Aluminium has a melting point of 660.3 °C. I expect the ants were kind of vaporised.

Ever wondered what would happen if you set of a thermite filled termite mound?

That would get the temperature up to 2300°C.

Yes, but how many Etch-A-Sketchs would that take?

[piscator]

Aluminium has a melting point of 660.3 °C. I expect the ants were kind of vaporised.

Ever wondered what would happen if you set of a thermite filled termite mound?

That would get the temperature up to 2300°C.

Hmm...If you used a very large hopper of the stuff at the top you might get a pure iron casting.

The liquid aluminum is poured in quickly, and depends on the thermal mass of the earth to cool the liquid before it burns out of the cavity that used to be the Queen's chambers.
Probably too much hydrostatic head to hold any liquid metal in the above-ground section of a big AfroAus termite colony. While it's still liquid, the shittonnes of molten metal would exert as much force 'outwards' as "downwards", so something rather substantial has to bear that outward weight for the first minute or so until the metal cools enough to set. That would probably rule out heavy iron as a medium of antistic expression.

[piscator]

We in Africa have proper anthills

Same in Australia. Homeowners don't like them.

How much for the girl?

[JimC]

Good one, Scumple!