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<font size="5">'''Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe'''</font> |
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<font size="3">Niels H. Harrit<sup>*,1</sup>, Jeffrey Farrer<sup>2</sup>, Steven E. Jones<sup>*,3</sup>, Kevin R. Ryan<sup>4</sup>, Frank M. Legge<sup>5</sup>, |
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Daniel Farnsworth<sup>2</sup>, Gregg Roberts<sup>6</sup>, James R. Gourley<sup>7</sup> and Bradley R. Larsen<sup>3</sup></font> |
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''<sup>1</sup>Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark'' |
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''<sup>2</sup>Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA'' |
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''<sup>3</sup>S&J Scientific Co., Provo, UT, 84606, USA'' |
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''<sup>4</sup>9/11 Working Group of Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA'' |
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''<sup>5</sup>Logical Systems Consulting, Perth, Western Australia'' |
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''<sup>6</sup>Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA'' |
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''<sup>7</sup>International Center for 9/11 Studies, Dallas, TX 75231, USA'' |
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<div align="center"><div align="justify" style="width:75%;">'''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 inthis 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 430C, 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.</div></div> |
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http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCPJ/2009/00000002/00000001/7TOCPJ.SGM |
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Revision as of 11:58, 24 May 2009
Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe
Niels H. Harrit*,1, Jeffrey Farrer2, Steven E. Jones*,3, Kevin R. Ryan4, Frank M. Legge5,
Daniel Farnsworth2, Gregg Roberts6, James R. Gourley7 and Bradley R. Larsen3
1Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
3S&J Scientific Co., Provo, UT, 84606, USA
49/11 Working Group of Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA
5Logical Systems Consulting, Perth, Western Australia
6Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
7International Center for 9/11 Studies, Dallas, TX 75231, USA
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 inthis 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 430C, 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.
http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCPJ/2009/00000002/00000001/7TOCPJ.SGM