Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe
Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe
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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
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.
Keywords: JScanning electron microscopy, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy, Differential scanning calorimetry, DSC analysis, World Trade Center, WTC dust, 9/11, Iron-rich microspheres, Thermite, Super-thermite, Energetic nanocomposites, Nano-thermite
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark.
http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCPJ/2009/000...
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UPDATE!
I'm glad to see the discussion here.
Please, if you are undecided, watch this:
WTC 7 - This is an Orange (2-minute mini-video)
by Anthony Lawson
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3898962504721899003&...
Now is the time to dig deeper. I urge everyone to watch these three films, they are the three best 9/11 Movies that deal exclusively with WTC (in order of complexity):
September 11 Revisited: Were Explosives Used?
by Dustin Mugford
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4194796183168750014&...
9/11 Mysteries
by Sophia
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3944047011450313064...
Improbable Collapse: The Demolition of Our Republic
by Steven Jones, Jim Hoffman, and Kevin Ryan
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4026073566596731782&...
These films, of course, were made before this new scientific paper was published. The new paper is consistent with these films.
Here are the best "big picture" films on 9/11:
ZERO: An Investigation Into 9/11
by Dario Fo
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2296490368603788739
9/11: Press For Truth
by the Jersey Girls
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3979568779414136481
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
by John Albanese
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9007079754355711945
Loose Change 2nd Edition Recut
by Dylan Avery, Jason Bermas, and Korey Rowe
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866929448192753501
Loose Change Final Cut
by Dylan Avery, Jason Bermas, and Korey Rowe
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3719259008768610598
Zeitgeist [warning - contains controversial material]
by Peter Joseph
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197
Fabled Enemies
by Jason Bermas
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2144933190875239407
Everyone here needs to watch ALL of these films. All of them. Everyone has heard the war propaganda, now it is time to hear the other side of the story.
PS
Most of these films are linked here:
*crickets chirping*
Meh, this is of no consequence.... How 'bout that swine flu?
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"The body is but a vessel for the soul,
A puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny.
And lo, the body is not eternal,
For it must feed on the flesh of others,
Lest it return to the dust whence it came.
Therefore the soul deceives and despises."
Unsure if this has been posted....
A danish scientist Niels Harrit, on nano-thermite in the WTC dust ( english subtitles )
Interviewed on Danish TV... good clip!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_tf25lx_3o
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I don't know if this is real but would be great
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Thanks for posting this
I had seen this site a couple of years ago and lost it. I have been very troubled by many of these pictures and theories and would really love to hear from someone smart (such as Devon, Oruval or Sentinel...) what they conclude from this. The melted cars and engines... have troubled me as well as the spire turning to dust and the obvious holes cratered out in the other buildings seen from above. Thanks.
The best debates only involve facts and numbers!
When name calling and personalities get involved you might as well stop and start all over again.
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I will try to be polite :)
I am not trying to prove Devon wrong per se, but rather to defend the official version of events. He will do the same for his version of events. If we can go point by point and state both our viewpoints and our logic/evidence/credibility then anyone bothering to read it can take it for what it is worth.
h-daddy
I agree!
I don't have an issue with being proven wrong.. I've been wrong before and will certainly be wrong again. That defines me as human... ;)
It is what we do with the information when we are proven wrong that really defines us. Some use it, some deny it.
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I want to know why
Not one of the 150 videos around the pentagon have been released to show for certain it was a 757, Also WTC 7 was imploded. No plane hit it, the building had minimal fire and it hit the ground in 7 seconds.
Only demolition has the ability to destroy a building like that.
Also why are 7 of the supposed hijackers still alive and why on earth hasn't Bin Laden been even charged by the FBI for the event's on 9/11. How can we have two major wars against a tactic. Terrorism is a tactic..
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Tsk
You're not supposed to be able to process all of that information. I want to know how you are able to do that? I mean, don't you watch American Idol, or hang out with friends, or ever go to a job? You must cease and desist with this logic...it is antiquated and unreliable. Unless you hear it in the MSM it is not real....
"There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one: The regeneration of the inner man."
—Tolstoy
"The body is but a vessel for the soul,
A puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny.
And lo, the body is not eternal,
For it must feed on the flesh of others,
Lest it return to the dust whence it came.
Therefore the soul deceives and despises."
I agree.
So wanted to throw it on another thread, which H-Daddy has been kind enough to do and I have responded. So we go from there, hopefully a little more professionally than me being called stupid, an idiot, pathetic, etc.
Time will tell... and we'll see where it goes.
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H-Daddy...
I was not aware that you were/are a teacher. Instead of polluting this thread with your comments, are you willing to debate simple math?
The 600=1100 theory you've got going.. we can open a thread on it and do the math. You are a pancake theory supporter... let's go there.
Since you seem to think that I'm an idiot, it should be a pretty straight-forward debate for you... I show you some math, you agree or disagree. I normally do not take the time to do someone else's work for them, but in your case I think I'll make an exception.
You have a chance to completely debunk me and trash any credibility I have here on the DP.
Want to give it a shot?
:)
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H-daddy
Will not comment on this thread, then don't comment on his.
He's wanting you to bump a useless forum topic. Don't play his game, make him come here if he can't face his denial that demolition was used on 9/11 to blow up the towers.
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Alright - the suspense is building!
A Tho-Down in the Making!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
I would imagine
That all the nasty posts from H-Daddy down below, show that he is getting nervous, and feels the wrath of common sense and logic upon him.
He wont be able to squirm out of this one.
This ought to be good.
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Devon backed out not H-daddy ...
H-daddy got tired of waiting and went ahead and posted.
Track him. LOL.
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Silly...
Didn't back out at all.. I have a life tho. Putting together a really obvious post in an ongoing attempt to get someone to admit that they are an idiot takes time. For instance, it took me two weeks for you to admit that you're an idiot... and what did that do?
Nothing, for you're still an idiot. It didn't change your belief system at all, even though you admit that you're wrong.
So this isn't the biggest priority in the world for me. I'll get to it as my time warrants, tyvm.
:)
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Then post it as a reply to H's post because he started ...
without you.
You can't do it. Can you?
You need to be in control of the debate or you won't play.
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Sorry rhino
But your opinion in this matter is no longer valid. Face your denial or remain an idiot.
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devon has guests.
he's busy.
He flat out said he would post an OP after dinner last night ...
and he didn't.
Now he should defer to H-daddy's post and go from there.
No way he will do that. The guy is obviously a control freak.
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I remember you....
Seems like Devon spent an awful lot of time debating with you personally Rhino and you obviously haven't changed a bit. Unfortunately Devon isn't willing to turn his son and his family, including our new granddaughter away when they showed up unexpectedly yesterday, just so he could come here and debate with yet another person who is either too thick or too stubborn to see the facts. I don't consider myself a genious however I'm smart enough to see when there are obvious flaws to a story. Parts of 9/11 may be truth but at this point, I'm thinking very small parts.
I am a little curious why the government would put out a story that is so unbelievable when they could have gotten away with terrorists planting bombs within the building and that would have been easier to believe considering the evidence. I said from the beginning, before I heard anyone else say it, that it looked like a controlled demolition and I think everyone will agree with that point. If buildings naturally go down this way, what do we need demolition companies for?
My question is this....how much time should Devon spend trying to convince someone that doesn't care enough to actually read not only between the lines but what is blatantly in your face? I have not had the time to read through everything here but how much credibility has H-daddy (or) Rhino shown in this forum? Have either of them proven any real points or are they both here just to shoot down the people that are willing to share their beliefs and the reasons for their beliefs? Remember, everyone is entitled to their opinions and remember also, that there may be some people here that may possibly be on the government payroll just to try and shoot down any train of thought that opposes the story that the government has put in place that you are supposed to believe.
I'm sure he will debate if his time allows however, I would like to spend some time with him as well. (Love to all the real Daily Paul posters)
He was the one that offered, not me or H-daddy.
As far as your grasp of the situation regarding 9/11. I think I agree with absolutely everything you just said. But Devon claims that there is indisputable proof of an IJ and CD.
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I'm not certain about indisputable....
but certainly facts that need to be taken into consideration. So many lies were told and why would they need to tell so many lies unless it was a cover-up? Can you give me a logical answer for that?
A cover up indeed ...
but for what ...
stupidity?
neglegence?
To hide the fact that there was a conspiracy to blow up the WTC center and that the explosives had already been placed?
There are many reasons for a cover up.
All I am saying is that if you and the rest of the IJs and CD people want to float those ideas, feel free. Just be honest and float them as speculation.
I can promise you that you will not get an OP out of me in defense of the official story and if you and yours OPs are stated as speculation then I would rarely ever comment on them unless I see questionable statements being sold as fact and truth.
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omg.
hmmmm.... let me think about this for a moment ...
weighing in one hand .... fun, cool friends ...versus the other hand ... debating with dumb @sses. hmmmmm....
hmmmm...
nah. not a control freak. but definitely a genius.
Yeah...
I can see that conversation at the dinner table after desert.
Uhmm....Sorry guys, I have to go debate some twirp on the internet, and you all have to go home now....
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Hey I am like you, not even close.
But he stated below, that he would. And he didn't.
Now, if I had guests for the evening then I wouldn't commit to something that I clearly couldn't do.
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This may be hard for you to understand...
you see, we have live people that come over sometimes. So they are going to take precidence over people like, say, you.
I'm not so tied up into debating with your type that I NEED to do it. After all, it is sorta painful for me. If your debate is any example, I'm going to spend the next 2 weeks and 800 posts debating with someone over stuff like does concrete explode, having to try to explain that if you add something that burns at 200 degrees into a 600 degree fire, it does NOT make it 800 degrees, etc.
I have to dumb down for it... it is not fun.
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Hellooo....
Ever hear the word "unexpected" in the real world? Maybe you don't live there. That would explain a lot.