Must read the paper - except I am not a materials scientist and would
probably be out of my depth.
One thing I have picked up is that, while thermite is an incendiary
which burns hot enough to cut through steel, nano-thermite is an
explosive - the small particle size and intimate mixing make the
reaction much faster.
I also read part of a massive thread on the issue at JREF, a 911
debunking site. There it is claimed by a materials scientist that the
grey/red chips are just two layers of paint. The grey layer was claimed
to be micaceous iron oxide, the red layer a paint containing Fe2O3,
kaolin (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and Zinc chromate.
The question was asked: how could such a thin layer cut the columns?
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=139293
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 09:04 -0400, Paul Zarembka wrote:
> Go to:
>
> http://bentham.org/open/tocpj/openaccess2.htm
>
> I don't think nano-thermite evidence has been around so much as thermite.
>
> Paul Z.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> (Vol.23) THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF 9-11 Seven Stories Press soft, 2nd ed. 2008
> (Vol.24) TRANSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA ~~~Research in Political Economy~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka
>
>
>
> On Sat 04/18/09 8:05 PM , "Paul Bullock" paulbullock@ebms-ltd.co.uk sent:
> > Jerry,
> >
> > the nano-thermite evidence has been around some time ...already in
> > programmes on the twin ( - tri ) towers on the internet... what is the
> > reference to the journal and author(s) please.
> >
> >
> > paul B.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <glevy@pratt.e
> > du>To: <ope@li
> > sts.csuchico.edu>Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 7:35 PM
> > Subject: [OPE] The Science of 9/11
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > FYI.
> > > In solidarity, Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------------------------- Original
> > Message> ----------------------------
> > > Subject: Deseret News: Traces of
> > > Explosives in 9/11 Dust (Smoking Gun Proving
> > 9/11 Was an Inside Job)> From: "Richard Curtis" <richa
> > rdcurtis42@MSN.COM>> Date: Sun, April 12, 2009 1:30 pm
> > >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------->
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Something interesting happened
> > > last week but most of the world
> > didn̢۪t notice. What> happened was conclusive scientific proof was
> > published that demonstrates,> beyond all doubt, that 9/11 was an inside job.
> > That sounds strange to say,> conclusive proof and yet no one noticed. Well,
> > in politics is that so odd?>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A retired physicist and a number of
> > other> scientists co-authored a scientific paper, which
> > was published last week,> in which they document the presence of a very
> > high-tech explosive called>
> > “nanothermiteâ€&Aci
> > rc;� in dust samples from areas> around the World Trade Center. The existence of
> > this explosive in the dust> was established by sophisticated laboratory
> > techniques. Extrapolating from> their samples it appears there were tons of
> > explosives in the World Trade> Center and the residue of that is in the dust
> > – it is> the smoking gun.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There can be no rational doubt
> > > that 9/11 was an inside job because those
> > chemicals do not exist in nature> or in any materials existing in the World Trade
> > Center. They had to be> explosives put in place for that purpose. That
> > is the only logical> conclusion.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We know for sure that 9/11 was an
> > > inside job. Now why do I have to tell you (the
> > reader) about this? Why are> you not reading this in the New York Times? Why,
> > better yet, are you not> hearing this on Democracy Now? It is hard to
> > say, but clearly this is> difficult for people. It is hard to admit that
> > our government would> slaughter thousands of innocent people and blame
> > others to rally support> for systematic violence in other parts of the
> > world.>
> > >
> > >
> > > It is hard to admit that our government would
> > murder us, lie to us, and> use those lies to justify the slaughter a
> > million Iraqis and stealing> their oil. But that is what happened. We know it
> > was an inside job, now we> just have to get enough people to notice since
> > the most of the media (the> story below is a very curious exception) simply
> > ignore science --> especially when it matters.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am posting this
> > > message on a couple of lists where this topic
> > has been controversial, in> the past. I trust that finding the smoking gun
> > will satisfy the doubters> now. We have to stop these people, which seems
> > to mean at present forcing> the Obama Administration to investigate Bush era
> > crimes (even though such> an investigation will find the Democrats
> > complicit). The nation deserves> the truth and the world deserves the peace that
> > can follow admitting the> truth.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > <http://www.deseretnews.com/home/> Deseret
> > News>
> > >
> > > Traces of Explosives in 9/11 Dust, Scientists
> > Say>
> > >
> > > By
> > > <http://www.deseretnews.com/site/staff/1,5231,82,00.html> Elaine> Jarvik
> > >
> > > Deseret News
> > >
> > > April 6, 2009
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tiny red and gray chips found in the dust from
> > the collapse of the> World Trade Center contain highly explosive
> > materials —> proof, according to a former BYU professor, that
> > 9/11 is still a sinister> mystery.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Physicist Steven E. Jones, who
> > retired> from Brigham Young University in 2006 after the
> > school recoiled from the> controversy surrounding his 9/11 theories, is
> > one of nine authors on a> paper published last week in the online,
> > peer-reviewed Open Chemical> Physics Journal. Also listed as authors are BYU
> > physics professor Jeffrey> Farrer and a professor of nanochemistry at the
> > University of Copenhagen in> Denmark.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For several years, Jones has
> > theorized> that prepositioned explosives, not fires from
> > jet fuel, caused the rapid,> symmetrical collapse of the two World Trade
> > Center buildings, plus the> collapse of a third building, WTC-7.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The newest
> > > research, according to the journal authors,
> > shows that dust from the> collapsing towers contained a
> > "nanothermite" material that is> highly explosive. Although the article draws no
> > conclusions about the> source and purpose of the explosives, Jones has
> > previously supported a> theory that the collapse of the WTC towers was
> > part of a government> conspiracy to ignore warnings about the 9/11
> > terrorists so that the attack> would propel America to wage war against
> > Afghanistan and Iraq. The next> step, Jones said in a phone interview on Monday,
> > is for someone to> investigate "who made the stuff and why it
> > was there.">
> > >
> > >
> > > A layer of dust lay over parts of Manhattan
> > immediately> following the collapse of the towers, and it was
> > samples of this dust that> Jones and fellow researchers requested in a 2006
> > paper, hoping to> determine "the whole truth of the events of
> > that day." They> eventually tested four samples they received
> > from New Yorkers.>
> > >
> > >
> > > One sample was from a man who had swept up a
> > handful of dust> on the Brooklyn Bridge, where he was walking
> > when the second tower fell.> As the journal authors note, "It was,
> > therefore, definitely not> contaminated by the steel-cutting or clean-up
> > operations at Ground Zero,> which began later. Furthermore, it is not mixed
> > with dust from WTC-7,> which fell hours later." Another man
> > collected dust in his apartment,> about five blocks from the World Trade Center,
> > on the morning of Sept. 12.> There was a layer about an inch thick on a stack
> > of folded laundry near an> open window.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Red/gray chips, averaging in size
> > > between .2 and 3 mm, were found in all four dust
> > samples. The chips were> then analyzed using scanning electron microscopy
> > and other high-tech> tools. The red layer of the chips, according to
> > the researchers, contains> a "highly energetic" form of thermite.
> > While normal thermite (a> mixture of finely granulated aluminum and an
> > oxide of metal) can be> incendiary, "super thermite" is
> > explosive. He says there is no> benign explanation for the thermite in the WTC
> > dust.>
> > >
> > >
> > > Jones made headlines in 2005 when he argued that
> > the rapid and> symmetrical fall of the World Trade Center
> > looked like the result of> pre-positioned explosives. He argued that fires
> > alone wouldn't have been> hot enough to crumble the buildings; and that
> > even if struck by planes,> the towers should have been strong enough to
> > support the weight of the> tops as they crumbled
> > — unless they were leveled by> explosives.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Essentially forced to retire, Jones
> > > says he is now paying for research out of his
> > own pocket. He likens> himself to Galileo and Newton, who stood by
> > their consciences. "I> would like to think I could stand up for the
> > truth," he says. The> dust study vindicates his earlier theories,
> > Jones says, but he has mixed> feelings about the implications. "As a
> > young student said to me a> while back: 'It's exciting from a scientific
> > point of view, because things> are now making sense. But I feel sad for
> > my>
> > country.' ">
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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