Traces of explosives in 9/11 dust, scientists say

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OpEd News managing editor claims that nano-thermite found in the WTC dust is shoddy research and that the Open Chemical Physics Journal isn't really a peer reviewed journal.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Was-it-Nanotech-Thermite--by-John-R-Moffett-090415-784.html

The researchers used supposed samples of the dust that spread over lower Manhattan after the WTC buildings collapsed. Several samples that had been kept by residents for years as “souvenirs” of the disaster were given to the researchers between 2006 and 2008, many years after the disaster. This raises serious “chain of custody” issues for the evidence which would almost certainly preclude the samples from being used in a court of law. But assuming the samples were valid, there are many more serious issues with the work of this research group.

First, with regard to the idea that this work was published in a “peer reviewed scientific journal”, it should be noted that the Open Chemical Physics Journal is a pay-to-publish online-only journal that has published a total of 12 articles in its history. They have no track record, and no impact factor in the field. In essence, they are a vanity publisher for scientists who can’t get their work published anywhere else. To call them a peer-reviewed science journal is a real stretch.

Before I get into details about why this work is so poorly done, and why the interpretations of the researchers are so suspect, it is important to state that the thermite argument was put forward by these same researchers years ago, and the idea was fully debunked years ago. See for example here: http://www.911myths.com/WTCTHERM.pdf.

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If tonnes of the nano-thermite were used at the WTC, as the evidence shows it was [1], how could the criminals in government not have expected it to have been found?

They knew people would be looking for explosives, given the way WTC 1, 2 and 7 had collapsed and disintegrated.  Plus, in the aftermath there were signs of an explosive material having been used also, as explosions were occurring in the rubble and there were fires that could not be put out with water.  Kevin Ryan, co-editor of the Journal For 911 Studies, http://www.journalof911studies.com/ , states that there was an enormous amount of evidence from 9/11 that pointed to a thermetic material having being used, [2].

Because they knew it would be found, NIST employed diversionary tactics and never considered explosives or pyrotechnic materials in any of its hypotheses. States Kevin Ryan in his paper 'The Top Ten Connections Between NIST and Nanothermites' "This omission is at odds with several other striking facts; first, the requirement of the national standard for fire investigation (NFPA 921), which calls for testing related to thermite and other pyrotechnics, and second, the extensive experience NIST investigators have with explosive and thermite materials." [3].

Indeed, NIST personnel were experts in nanothermites.  Also, explosive, sol-gel nano-thermites were developed by US government scientists, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories were involved with NIST.

References:
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[2] MUST HEAR interview with Kevin Ryan: http://cdn2.libsyn.com/visibility911/visibility911_kevinryan0309.mp3
[3] The Top Ten Connections Between NIST and Nano-Thermites by Kevin Ryan, 2008, http://911review.com/articles/ryan/nist_thermite_connection.html

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Here is more from Neils Harrit from Michael Wolsey, who has hosted informative interviews related to this work.
Visibilility 9-11 Welcomes Chemist Dr. Niels H. Harrit
http://visibility911.com/blog/?p=1040


Picture from Michael Wolsey's website.

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Thermite
By John S. Hatch
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22408.htm

April 14, 2009 “Information Clearing House” — -A recent article published in the respected peer-reviewed Open Chemical Physics Journal by nine noted scientists offers incontrovertible proof that the dust from the Twin Towers and Building Seven of the World Trade Center contains small intact samples of Thermite.

Thermite is a highly explosive agent consisting mostly of aluminum and iron oxide, and is used to cut steel in building controlled demolitions, and is also used in welding and in military applications.

Using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry, the scientists were able to determine that the Thermite present is of a specialized type called Nano-thermite or Superthermite. It burns hotter and has a lower ignition temperature than normal Thermite, and is produced at laboratories such as Lawrence Livermore, incidentally thought to be the same lab that produced the anthrax sent out shortly after 9/11.

Nano-thermite could not be accidentally present in dust samples collected at four different sites, nor could it be the result of clean-up operations at ground zero, as one of the samples was retrieved a mere ten minutes or so after the collapse of the second tower. All samples show the same consistency.

This would explain the streams of molten steel (not aluminum) falling from one of the towers, and the fact that steel remained molten in the rubble for more than a month after the event. There is no scientific explanation for this other than the use of Thermite, which can achieve temperatures of 3500 C, while under ideal conditions jet fuel can achieve just approximately 285 C. It would also explain the otherwise physically impossible near freefall speed of the three buildings, and how they were able to fall so homogeneously.

So what does it mean? It means that there is proof (which so far no one has attempted to refute) that the WTC buildings (and more than three thousand lives, counting the ongoing deaths of first responders and ordinary NYC citizens caused by the dust) were brought down by controlled demolition in a planned and purposeful manner by elements of the Bush Administration, most likely as a ‘catalyzing event’ , the new Pearl Harbor’ fondly mentioned by neo-con PNAC (Plan for the New American Century) and designed to galvanize American citizens in support of attacking other nations and restricting human rights at home. ‘Full Specter Domination’.patriotact12dees

This was the excuse or invading Afghanistan and Iraq (there were plans for Syria and Iran as well, and perhaps others), for justifying domestic spying, disappearances, torture, and murder. Murder based on lies and deception, and the killing of American citizens.

Knowing, as he must by now, that 9/11 was conceived and executed not from some dark cave in Afghanistan, but much more likely from some deep bunker in dank Cheneystan, will President Obama still insist on ‘looking ahead’? Just how deep is America’s reserve of dismissal and denial?

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 feel for all the victims of 9/11, past, present and future, but was especially haunted by those poor souls who chose to jump to their deaths, or who fell. Surely the people who did this need to be brought to justice. Otherwise America is not ‘looking ahead’. She has her eyes shut tight while she babbles inanities.

John S. Hatch is a Vancouver writer and film-maker. john.s.hatch@gmail.com
 

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Debunking the Debunkers.
 This YouTube clip includes excerpts from Dr Steven Jones, Richard Gage of http://www.ae911truth.org/ and Jeanette MacKinley, who lived in New York City at the time of the tragedy and provided one of the dust samples referred to in the Harrit et al paper.
(5.44 mins)

Hear Richard Gage say: “…This is high-tech stuff. Nano-sized particles of iron and aluminum. This is not a product that’s found in any office…whatsoever. We have again potassium, manganese, iron, aluminum. And this is extremely explosive stuff…only recently been produced in papers by Lawrence Livermore Labs, Los Alamos. This stuff is not made in a cave in Afghanistan.”


This following excerpt is from Kevin Ryan about Lawrence Livermore Labs, from his paper: 'Manuel Garcia Sees Physics That Don't Exist'  http://911review.com/articles/ryan/garcia.html

"Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Garcia's employer, appears to be where explosive thermite was invented, and it continues to be a focus of research there. (1) At LLNL, government scientists have learned how to combine the exothermic power of the thermite reaction with organic moieties to produce a thermite reaction that can do pressure/volume work (i.e. turn massive quantities of concrete and other building materials into dust). From the research of Steven Jones, we know that the thermite reaction likely played a role in bringing the towers down, and it would not be surprising if technology developed by LLNL was involved.


Super-Thermite Demolished Twin Towers on 9-11: Game Over for Criminals and Cover Up
By Christopher Bollyn
http://www.bollyn.com/index.php?id=11097

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[size=180pt]HIT NEWS/PRIME TIME
VIDEO: 9/11 No Longer Taboo Topic in Denmark[/size]



Amalija Šašek


http://www.javno.com/en-world/video--911-no-longer-taboo-topic-in-denmark_250703

Every day, thousands of people become aware that the WTC was destroyed with explosives, says dr. Niels Harrit.

Scientists found high quality super-explosives in the dust gathered after the fall of the WTC towers on September 11, 2001. Their findings go against all of the investigation results that were financed by the George W. Bush administration.

They discovered “nanostructured super-thermite”, which is a combination of aluminium and iron oxide. Thermite is known for its effectiveness in “cutting” metal, and when the reaction is started, it cuts through steel with ease, like a hot knife cuts though butter. Its use is common in the steel industry, the production of hand grenades and the controlled demolition of buildings. The chemical reaction, created by using thermite, is characterized by extremely high temperatures which are usually focused on a small space in a short period of time.
Investigators found red-grey plates in the dust found after the destruction of the “twins”, which scientists identified as the remains of an active high quality substance created via nanotechnology, whose characteristics reveal that a high energy pyrotechnic or explosive material is in question, which falls into the thermite category.

The international sale and distribution of super-thermite is strictly supervised and limited. Dr. Niels Harrit participated in the investigation of the fall of the WTC towers. He is a professor of chemistry at the Copenhagen University. After a study by international scientists was published, their discovery about the fall of the towers was broadcast by Danish national television, at prime time, in a show where dr. Niels Harrit was a guest.

“Scientific research showed that the two airplanes were not the cause of the fall of the WTC towers in 2001. Nano-thermite explosives were found in the rubble, which could not have been in the planes. Scientists believe that a number of tonnes of explosives were placed in the buildings” said the show host on Danish national television before his guest came on, who was the scientist dr. Niels Harrit.

Thermite can heat steel to 2,500 degrees Celsius

Harrit says that they cannot claim that only thermite was in question, which dates back to 1893. He described the behaviour of the reactive substance and said that it creates iron heated to 2,500 degrees Celsius.

“Nano-thermite is reduced to tiny particles, perfectly mixed. When they react, the heating occurs much faster. Thermite can serve as the perfect explosive, and it contains much more energy than ordinary dynamite” explains the scientist.

When asked why he thinks that nano-thermite caused the twin towers to fall, Harrit said that probably because that substance was there.

-.-www.wtc7.net-.-WTC 7“There were only two planes, and three towers fell. We know how much dust there was after the fall. We also know how much inactivated thermite we found. That is like a loaded pistol, the material did not react for a reason. We are talking about tonnes, probably 100 tonnes of the material” explains Harrit.

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world know how the “twins” were demolished

When asked how nobody noticed when palettes of material were moved into the WTC buildings, the scientist said that this is a good question for those who were maintaining the building.

He said that his research is not a revolutionary discovery for the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are aware how the buildings were destroyed. “That is crystal clear” said Harrit.

“Our investigation is only the last nail in the coffin. Every day thousands of people become aware that the WTC was demolished. That process cannot be stopped.

“Why did nobody notice the nano thermite earlier” asked the television show host.

“All that was needed is to look at the dust with a microscope. The largest particles are only 1mm in size, and cannot be seen with the naked eye. A full 18 months was needed to prepare the scientific article” answered Harrit.

He says he has been working on the investigation for a number of years, and was prompted to do so by the fall of WTC 7, which fell like a deck of cards in a few seconds, a few hours after the fall of the other two towers.

Take a look at the video: September 11 No Longer Taboo Topic in Denmark.

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To counter the primer paint argument.

In the document NCSTAR 1-3C appendix D,firstly in figure D-1 there is a list of the makeup of the primer paint used on the steel.The contents of that paint included 23% ZINC.So the logical first step is to check out the Zinc content in the red/grey chips in Figure 7 in the Nano thermite paper which shows 4 samples had zero Zinc.Therefore the samples are not primer paint!.

Point 2.The red grey chips were separated using magnets yet the primer paint used is not magnetic,the Fe2O3 iron oxide is anti ferromagnetic.Therefore the samples are not primer paint!.

Point 3!.back to NCSTAR1-3C appendix D figure D 2,which shows the mud cracking of the paint at 650 degrees C.The red/grey chips had their first exothermic spike at 450 degrees c yet the primer paint had no such exothermic spike and merely cracked at 200 degrees c higher and for over 1 hour.Therefore the samples are not primer paint!.

Point 4,photograph D-4,shows black scale between the paint and steel at 650 degrees c.Notice the paint has merely curled up at the edges and has not gone POOF!.What is the black scale? it is probably magnetite Fe3O4 which is magnetic but was not found in any of the red grey chip samples.This is the final nail in the "The red/grey chips are iron oxide primer paint" MYTH!.

Going from a paint cracked photograph at 650 degrees c for over 1 hour to instantly and rapidly igniting chips at 450 degrees c is such a leap in logic that the suggestion is patently absurd.

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List of Morons Who Slipped Up And Practically Admitted 9/11 Was An Inside Job
http://100777.com/911/slip-ups

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These are the images from NCSTAR 1-3C.

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