--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > Yes but can they rule out that such materials would not normally be > present in either the building itself or spontaneously produced by > the extreme conditions of the collapse?
No, and I've never actually been convinced that they were destroyed by explosives. Not least because there was no explosion like you get when a building is deliberately brought down. And when would they have rigged up the explosives? In the normal course of the job you have to dismantle the walls of whole floors to tie them together so they don't fall outwards. I remain a sceptic. For now ;-) Isn't it reasonable that such > materials might be stored somewhere in those huge building by some > contractor or some legitimate enterprise? > > All this will do is further fuel the conspiracy theories on the > WTC collapse. I'm sure it will ignite the flames of conspiracy severely. > On Apr 7, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Hugo wrote: > > > Study claims 'highly engineered explosive' found in WTC rubble > > Stephen C. Webster > > Published: Saturday April 4, 2009 > > > > > > > > A team of scientists claim to have unearthed startling data from > > dust and debris gathered in the days and weeks after the World > > Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. > > > > In a study published by the Open Chemical Physics Journal -- a peer- > > reviewed, scientific publication -- Steven E. Jones and Niels > > Harrit level a stark allegation: that within the dust and rubble of > > the World Trade Center towers lays evidence of "a highly engineered > > explosive," contrary to all federal studies of the collapses. > > > > "We have discovered distinctive red/gray chips in all the samples > > we have studied of the dust produced by the destruction of the > > World Trade Center," reads the paper's abstract. "One sample was > > collected by a Manhattan resident about ten minutes after the > > collapse of the second WTC Tower, two the next day, and a fourth > > about a week later. The properties of these chips were analyzed > > using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray > > energy dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS), and differential scanning > > calorimetry (DSC)." > > > > The study, however, shows that the dust was collected from four > > different sites, three of which were not in the immediate area > > surrounding the fallen towers. Most of the samples are collections > > of dust taken from blocks away. > > > > They claim their analysis has uncovered "active thermitic > > material": a combination of elemental aluminum and iron oxide in a > > form of thermite known as "nanostructured super-thermite." > > > > Thermite, used in steel welding, fireworks shows, hand grenades and > > demolition, can produce a chemical reaction known for extremely > > high temperatures focused in a very small area for a short period > > of time. > > > > According to the Navy's Small Business Innovation Research, super- > > thermite "is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms > > Regulation (ITAR), which controls the export and import of defense- > > related material and services." > > > > "This finding really goes beyond anything that has previously been > > shown," said Jones in a media advisory. "We had to use > > sophisticated tools to analyze the dust because this isn't just a > > typical explosive, RDX or CD4 or something -- this is a highly > > engineered material not readily available to just anyone." > > >
