Detailed Product Description

Typical size:  3/8" Diameter x 3" Length ( 3/8" x 3" )
Reference weight : 1.21 oz/rod approximately
Reference quantity per pound : 13 rods/lb approximately

or

9.525mm Diameter x 76.20mm Length
Reference weight : 34.44 gram/rod approx.
Reference quantity per kilogram : approx. 29 rods/kg;

Product Description 

Ferrocerium Rod (so often called ferro rod), the small, simple, waterproof outdoor survival kit, one of the outdoor equipment or outdoor gear. A ferro rod is not a natural material and isn't flint (although you will often see a ferro rod called a firesteel, metal match or flint and steel - even though this is a completely different thing!).  A ferro rod is a complex blend of 20 different metals alloyed together then extrude into various diameter of rod.  Ferro rods are a complex blend -with consist of approximately 20% iron content- this is where the ferro part of the word ferrocerium comes from - (Fe), with trace amounts of other metallic elements such as zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), cerium - this is where the cerium part of the word ferrocerium comes from - (Ce), lanthanum (La), neodymium (Nd) along with minute traces amounts of other rare earth metal elements.

Ferrocerium rod is made from Iron, Magnesium and mostly of an alloy of rare earth metals called mischmetal with an excellent pyrophoric percentage :  98%min.
The required chemical composition: 
    Mischmetal(rare earth metal) : abt. 75-93%
    Iron                                     abt. 5.0-19.3%
    Magnesium                            1-4%
    Rare earth metal distribution :
    Cerium                                  49-59%
    Lanthanum                            26-39%
    Neodymium                           0-10%
    Praseodymium                        0-7%
Pyrophoric percentage :  98%min.
Hardness :        70-90 HV
Dimension :       3/8" (9.525mm) Diameter  x  5mm up to 1000mm Length.
Application : It is used as the firestarters or fire starter in scouting and camping, sparking entertainment, clockwork toys, strikers for welding torches, etc., it is the best compact firestarter we can easily use, plus its dependability,made it a favorite of survival experts, hunters, fishermen and campers. It works equally well when wet or dry. Swedish Fire Steel has even found its way into cabins and backyards as a fool-proof way to light stoves and gas-barbecues.

Operation : 
When the rod is scraped with a steel edge or the spine of a knife, particles or shavings are scraped off and ignited by the friction giving a shower of hot sparks.  These burning particles can, in turn, ignite your tinder, the best tinders for ferro rod include:
Cotton wool (preferably soaked in Vaseline)
Birch bark
Fine Fatwood chips/dust (also known as Maya wood sticks or rods)
Char cloth
Tinder fungus
Wire wool
Dried grasses/natural fibers/natural fluff material (for example, Old Man's Beard)
Paper
Magnesium chips, magnesium powder (you can get a ferro rod embedded in a magnesium block which makes a spectacular high-temperature flash fire!)

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