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Study: Scientists Discover Active Thermitic Material in WTC Dust

by Scholars TruthJustice | April 18, 2009 at 09:04 am

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Berkeley, CA, April 3, 2009 -- A new study by independent scientists and researchers suggests the cause behind the catastrophic destruction of World Trade Center Towers on September 11th can be seen in the dust itself: active thermitic material, a highly engineered explosive.

The study, published today in The Open Chemical Physics Journal, describes a finding of "red/gray bi-layered chips" in samples of dust taken from vicinity of the World Trade Center following its destruction. Using tools such as a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and x-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS) to analyze the material, the study authors concluded that, "the red portion of these chips is found to be an unreacted thermitic material and highly energetic."

The study's finding lends new support to the demolition theory put forth by critics of the official reports.

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bob shmit (not verified)

at 13:25 on May 24th, 2009

No citations? Bullshit made up by some idiot on the internet.

Phil in Kansas (not verified)

at 13:48 on May 24th, 2009

Bzt! Thank you, moron. Any time you have aluminum and rust in the same place you have thermite. Not "thermitic dust" you blithering idiot. It's not an explosive, you worthless sack of incompetence. Go be retarded somewhere else.

Scholars TruthJustice

at 14:32 on May 24th, 2009

The anonymous comments filled with "moron" and "idiot" are to be expected from 1) those incapable of reading the paper, hence, with little or no understanding of the issues, and 2) those who fear challenges to their beliefs and so, lash out childishly.

The paper is here --

http://www.bentham.org/open/tocpj/openaccess2.htm

Try reading it.

J Hong (not verified)

at 22:53 on May 24th, 2009

Even if there was actual residue of thermite found, there is the question of when the sample was taken. Thermite is part of the recovery process. Even during the search for bodies, thermite was used to cut pieces free.

Nick L (not verified)

at 07:20 on May 25th, 2009

I don't know why you guys are so surprised by this. Aluminum is commonly used in industrial paints and floorings to inhibit rusting. The individuals claim to have eliminated paint but their methodology for it is to attempt to dissolve the samples in a solvent. The problem is that many paints of this kind are epoxy based and many of those are designed to be chemically stable against ketones.

Scholars TruthJustice

at 08:09 on May 25th, 2009

Paint is not engineered on the nano-scale nor is it highly exothermic. I doubt anyone would use it on buildings if it were, nor could they afford to.

You might want to take a look at this essay that breaks down some of the papers points --

"The thermal behavior of the chips is analyzed using an instrument (a DSC) that measures the flow of heat into and out of the sample as its temperature is gradually increased. When the samples are elevated to about 430ºC, they ignite in a run-away reaction that reaches at least 1535ºC. The fact that the reaction reaches those very high temperatures is evident from the reaction's residue of minute solidified iron-rich sphereoids -- residues that had clearly experienced temperatures above the melting point of iron to create molten droplets that became spherical under the influence of surface tension"