Abstract: Although the term “thermite” encompasses several different chemical reactions, only one type has been widely researched and used. This traditional composition, made from aluminum and iron oxide powder, produces molten iron metal. This, combined with its portability, gave thermite widespread use in heavy-duty, remote welding, such as to weld railroad tracks. In addition to this, thermite has also been used in warfare, specifically to cut through heavy metal with its high temperatures. However, traditional thermite is limited in several different ways. Its low ignitability and narrow spread heat production severely limited its use in war. Traditional thermite’s ability to only make molten iron furthermore constricted its use to railroad welding. With other types of thermite, which have only been extensively theoretically and computationally researched, the thermite reaction could reach new ends. Hypothetically, different reactants would result in completely different reaction patterns, and changing the metal oxidizer decisively results in a different molten metal being produced. This can result in any metal welds, or even metal alloy welds. This begs the fundamental question: how do different reactants affect the Goldschmidt process? This study attempts to answer this question via the use of thermography, or the use of thermal cameras. Produced findings align with hypotheses made by previous computational research that suggests that both the reactivity difference and thermal conductivities of the reactants drive the intensity of the thermite reaction.