The Open Chemical Physics Journal
Volume 2
ISSN: 1874-4125
Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe
pp.7-31 (25) Authors: Niels H. Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven E. Jones, Kevin R. Ryan, Frank M. Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James R. Gourley, Bradley R. Larsen
doi: 10.2174/1874412500902010007 [.pdf]
Abstract
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. Examination of four of these samples, collected from separate sites, is reported in this paper. These red/gray chips show marked similarities in all four samples. 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 red material contains grains approximately 100 nm across which are largely iron oxide, while aluminum is contained in tiny plate-like structures. Separation of components using methyl ethyl ketone demonstrated that elemental aluminum is present. The iron oxide and aluminum are intimately mixed in the red material. When ignited in a DSC device the chips exhibit large but narrow exotherms occurring at approximately 430 °C, far below the normal ignition temperature for conventional thermite. Numerous iron-rich spheres are clearly observed in the residue following the ignition of these peculiar red/gray chips. The red portion of these chips is found to be an unreacted thermitic material and highly energetic.
This article seems to be the real thing, speaking as a trained chemist. That is highly processed thermite- note the sandwiched, micron thin layers of iron oxide and metallic aluminum in Figure 4 of the .pdf. Whether it's origin is as specified is a question only Marvin Bu$h knows for sure.
3 comments:
9/11 has always been a conundrum to me because Dr Jones' argument is persuasive, physically, but seems logistically incredible. To wit, if thermite was planted, exactly who did it? and, like, are they all dead now, or what? I would give much to know these things.
The link does not work.
It works fine for me, anon. Are you behind a firewall you aren't aware of?
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