Cause and Effect
So what caused these temperatures? Was it the jet fuel and office material fires that burn at much, much lower temperatures? Or were there compounds such as thermite, or thermate-variants, a common military incendiary, which burns at closer to 2500C, and is capable of melting iron and steel? But how are temperatures of the intensity to boil silicates, or melt molybdenum, temperatures in excess of 2600C, to be explained? Coupled with the observed presence of flowing pools of molten steel and iron, “running like lava,” under the rubble of the three collapsed buildings, persisting for 100 days, there is a need of further investigation. These temperatures are indicative of a very high-energy event, much higher than hydrocarbon fires, or gravity-induced collapses can possibly produce. Such high-energy events are entirely consistent with the use of explosives in bringing the buildings down. ANY investigation into the collapse of these buildings, such as the current investigation into the collapse of WTC 7, must include this observable evidence. To date, the NIST-directed team investigating this collapse, six years after the event, has given no indication they intend to include this data in their inquiry.
1. Eagar, T. W. and Musso, C. (2001). “Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? Science, Engineering, and Speculation”, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 53/12:8-11 (2001).
2. “The "Deep Mystery" of Melted Steel” WPI Transformations, Spring 2002
http://www.wpi.edu/News/Transformations/2002Spring/steel.html
For the full text of the paper on which this article is based, please see:
http://www.journalof911studies.com/articles/WTCHighTemp.pdf
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