[Peace-discuss] Advanced Pyrotechnic or Explosive Material Discovered in WTC Dust

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or Explosive Material Discovered in WTC Dust 

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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 20:38 

Starting in 2007, a group of independent researchers began examining the
dust from the World Trade Center disaster to see if identifiable residues
might help explain the highly energetic destruction that was observed in the
videos. Naked-eye and microscopic examination revealed numerous tiny
metallic and magnetically attracted spheres and red/gray chips, quite
distinctive in the dust samples.

Description: http://www2.ae911truth.org/images/infoitems/pyro2.jpgHighly
energetic pyrotechnic or explosive red/gray chips discovered in WTC dust
samples

The existence of iron-rich microspheres in the WTC dust was documented in
<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=23
9769> 2004 and
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1165/508OF05-1165.html#heading08> 2005. But
nothing yet had been published about the red/gray chips in the dust until
Steven Jones first described them in 2007. What might have been
misinterpreted as the residue of common paint when seen with the naked eye
proved to be a highly energetic advanced nano-composite material.

Description: http://www2.ae911truth.org/images/infoitems/zoom.jpgIn April
2009, a team of scientists that included physicist Steven Jones (formerly
BYU), chemist Niels Harrit (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), physicist
Jeffrey Farrer (BYU), and six other authors published their findings
regarding the red/gray chips in the peer-reviewed paper 
<http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tocpj/articles/V002/7TOCPJ.htm> Active
Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center
Catastrophe, The Open Chemical Physics Journal, 2009, 2, 7-31, available
online. Red/gray chips from four different WTC dust samples were examined
using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy
(XEDS), and differential scanning calorimetry. The main findings of the
study are as follows:

The material in the red layer consists of intimately mixed particles of iron
oxide and aluminum embedded in a carbon-rich matrix. The particles range in
size from tens to hundreds of nanometers. Elemental aluminum was present in
thin plate-like structures, while iron oxide was present as faceted grains,
roughly 100 nm across  about a thousand times smaller than a human hair.

Iron oxide and aluminum are the ingredients of classic thermite, an
incendiary that burns unusually hot at approximately 4500°F, producing
aluminum oxide and molten iron. The carbon content of the matrix indicates
the presence of an organic substance.

When the red/gray chips were heated to about 430° C. (806° F.), they
ignited, releasing relatively large amounts of energy very fast. This
behavior matches fairly closely an independent observation on a known
super-thermite sample, as reported in a paper published by researchers
associated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. The residue of the
ignited red/gray chips included iron-rich spheres, indicating that a very
high temperature reaction had occurred, since the iron-rich product clearly
must have been molten to form these shapes. The chemical signature of the
spheres and spheroids strikingly matches the chemical signature of the
spheroids produced by igniting commercial thermite, and also matches the
signatures of many of the microspheres found in the WTC dust.

The scientists concluded based on all their findings that the red layer of
the red/ gray chips is active, unreacted thermitic material, incorporating
nanotechnology, and that it is a highly energetic pyrotechnic or explosive
material. See the published study for the remainder of the findings.

Energetic nanothermitic compounds have been researched since the 1990s. One
advantage of nanothermites as stated in the literature is their ability to
enhance the destructive effect of high explosives; the high rate of reaction
in nanothermites allows the main explosive charge to release its energy
<http://www.technologyreview.com/NanoTech/14105/?a=f> even faster when
nanothermite is used as an igniter. Such igniters also do not leave behind
lead-containing residues as lead azide igniters do. Nanothermitic composite
materials have been extensively researched by US national labs. The energy
release of these special materials can be
<http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/AMPQ6_1.pdf> tailored for various
applications, they can be designed to be
<https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/318263.pdf> explosive by adding
gas-releasing compounds (such as what the matrix of the WTC chips' red layer
might consist of) and they have potential for easy storage and safe
handling.

As of 2002, the production process at the Naval Surface Warfare Center for
ultra fine grain (UFG) aluminum, alone, required
<http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/AMPQ6_1.pdf> several pieces of
high-tech equipment. The article states: The current state of UFG aluminum
production is that this is an area that still requires considerable effort
(AMPTIAC Quarterly, Special Issue, DOD Researchers Provide A Look Inside
Nanotechnology, 2002).

Red/gray chips, with a red layer that comprises ultra fine grain aluminum
platelets intimately mixed with faceted grains of nanosized iron oxide,
embedded in a carbon-rich matrix, cannot have been widely available in 2001.
Niels Harrit, lead author of the study, stated These new findings confirm
and extend the earlier finding of previously molten, iron-rich microspheres
in the World Trade Center dust. They provide strong forensic evidence that
the official explanation of the WTCs destruction is wrong.

Given the explosive nature of the destruction of the WTC Twin Towers along
with the finding of this high-tech nanocomposite pyrotechnic or explosive
material in the WTC dust samples, there exists strong evidence which should
compel all who are aware to be active in supporting AE911Truth in our effort
to obtain a real investigation.

See also the essays by Jim Hoffman "
<http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/thermite/explosive_residues.html>
Explosives Found in World Trade Center Dust", and "
<http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/thermite/explosives_evidence_timeline.ht
ml> Wake Up and Smell the Aluminothermic Nanocomposite Explosives" at
911Research.com 

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