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“2. Elemental iron spheres were found in the samples after ignition suggesting a reaction of temperatures above 2800 degrees F. These spheres were not present before ignition.”
“3. The comparison between commercial thermite and the WTC test samples in figures 24 and 25 are virtually identical, with the post-DSC WTC samples showing a significantly larger amount of elemental iron.” After you look up fly ash and discover nearly identical similarities between flyash components and the spheres from thermite, look at Fig. 29, which compares the DSC of a known nano-thermite with the red chips. This eliminates the possibility that Jones missed any spheres, which is entirely likely as he also misidentified the kaolinite [white faceted shapes] in the red chips. Note in figure 29 how the onset temperatures are different, the shapes of the curves are different, and the end of reaction is different. Certainly not a match but Jones has a desired conclusion and must arrive at it. Note also that the spheres shown in Fig 26 are attached to unreacted super thermite. It didn’t even stay lit. This does not bode well for the highly engineered claim.
Not true. This is what Jones tried to show and failed.
reply to post by downisreallyup
PROOF that Building 7 was demolished with explosives!!!
The "credible science" is in my explanation.
Jones' own published data shows he is not justified in claiming thermite.
I have shown this many times.
What part don't you understand?
As to the spheres, Jones can say he didn't find any before combustion but he shouldn't say they weren't any without an exhaustive study to find them.
[color=gold]2. Is the Red Material Thermitic in Nature?
Our observations show that the red material contains substantial
amounts of aluminum, iron and oxygen, mixed together
very finely. In the sample soaked in MEK, we observed
a clear migration and aggregation of the aluminum
away from other elements and determined that elemental
aluminum and iron oxide must be present. In the product
collected after DSC ignition, [color=gold]we found spheres which were
not initially present. Many of these spheres were iron rich
and elemental iron was found in the post-ignition debris.
Further, the DSC traces demonstrate that the red/gray chips
react vigorously at a temperature below the melting point of
aluminum and below the ignition (oxidation) point of ultra
ultrafine
grain (UFG) aluminum in air [18]. These observations
reminded us of nano-thermite fabricated at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory and elsewhere; available
papers describe this material as an intimate mixture of UFG
aluminum and iron oxide in nano-thermite composites to
form pyrotechnics or explosives [19-21]. The thermite reaction
involves aluminum and a metal oxide, as in this typical
reaction with iron oxide:
2Al + Fe2O3 Al2O3 + 2Fe (molten iron), H = 853.5kJ/mole.
Commercially available thermite behaves as an incendiary
[color=gold]4. Observation of Iron-Rich Sphere Formation Upon
Ignition of Chips in a Differential Scanning Calorimeter
In the post-DSC residue, charred-porous material and
numerous microspheres and spheroids were observed. Many
of these were analyzed, and it was found that some were
iron-rich, which appear shiny and silvery in the optical microscope,
and some were silicon-rich, which appear transparent
or translucent when viewed with white light; see photographs
taken using a Nikon microscope (Fig. 20).
The abundant iron-rich spheres are of particular interest
in this study;[color=gold] none were observed in these particular chips
prior to DSC-heating. Spheres rich in iron already demonstrate
the occurrence of very high temperatures, well above
the 700 °C temperature reached in the DSC, in view of the
high melting point of iron and iron oxide [5]. Such high temperatures
indicate that a chemical reaction occurred.
Using back-scattered electron (BSE) imaging, spheres
were selected in the post-DSC residue which appeared to be
rich in iron. An example is shown in Fig. (21) along with the
corresponding XEDS spectrum for this sphere.
The first WTC red/gray chip so tested was approximately
1mm 1mm. After a few seconds of heating, the high-speed
ejection of a hot particle was observed under the hand of the
person holding the torch (Fig. 22). The intense light and
bright orange color of the particle attest to its high temperature.
In this case, the attempt to recover the diminutive endproduct
of the reaction was unsuccessful. A short video clip
of the test (including slow-motion) is available here:
journalof911studies.com...
ow.mov
In a later flame-ignition test, the end product was recovered
and is shown in the photomicrograph and SEM image in
Fig. (23). Once again, the formation of iron-rich semispherical
shapes shows that the residue had been melted,
enabling surface tension of the liquid to pull it into spherical
shapes. However, the evidence obtained in the DSC analyses
is more compelling that a thermitic reaction actually occurs
as in that case ignition is observed when the red material is
heated to no more than 430 °C.
It is all true unless you doubt Jones' data. As you are his #1 fan,
perhaps you have inside access and can ask him when he intends to publish a second paper and correct his many mistakes.
He has not shown a thermitic reaction and even he knows what experiment he must do.
So far, he has misinterpreted and misled to arrive at a predetermined conclusion.
That is absolutely not science. I suspect that he will not publish a second paper because to print the facts would eliminate his fringe celebrity status and remove him from the public stage that he feeds on.
Originally posted by impressme
reply to post by pteridine
perhaps you have inside access and can ask him when he intends to publish a second paper and correct his many mistakes.
There are no mistakes. Had there been any “mistakes” our government would been all over it.
You are a never ending source of entertainment.
Maybe the government was so astounded at the quality of Jones paper that they were left speechless.
I have worked to have all readers understand what Jones must do to prove thermite. Your mind is closed and your beliefs will not be changed by any amount of explanation and logical reasoning.
It is not uncommon for someone to find a hero who espouses his or her deeply held beliefs and will defend the hero against all opposition.
Jones knows his paper was lacking, which is why he promised another paper a year ago.
Jones knows that the heat was caused by combustion and says so in his paper. He is aware that some of his analyses [conductivity!] had absolutely no analytical basis.
Jones has not shown a reaction in the absence of air, much less a thermite reaction. He has several steps to go before he proves his theory.
I have outlined them for you in previous posts on several threads, so I will not restate them here.
I notice that you didn't address the other theories that the Government let stand because they can't prove them wrong.
Previously, the Jones supporters always claimed that he retired or resigned. Everyone knows that the reason Jones was canned is Jones himself and the reason was bad science in many areas.
[color=gold]BYU and Prof. Steven Jones revisited
1. BYU put me on administrative leave on Sept. 6, 2006, for my research on 9/11 -- but while clearly stating that "The university doesn't have an opinion regarding the theory."
Quote:
www.heraldextra.com...
“Jones was placed on administrative leave for publishing a theory that explosives
were involved in the towers' collapse through channels university officials deemed inappropriate,"
BYU spokesperson Carri Jenkins said.
"[color=gold]The university doesn't have an opinion regarding the theory," she said.
This was an important distinction -- BYU was specifically NOT denigrating my "theory" that explosives were involved in the World Trade Center towers' collapse, as you see from the statement to the press by the BYU spokesperson. It was never clear to me why the channels I chose were "inappropriate" (one was the Utah Academy of Arts and Sciences, April 2006 which was reviewed and approved by a fellow BYU Physics Professor), but the point is that BYU did NOT take a position on my 9/11 work and they made that point very clear.
2. BYU allowed me to continue my research on 9/11 after I was placed on admin leave, particularly regarding the dust generated during the collapse of the Towers, and even encouraged that research. It was important to the work that I was allowed to use the electron microscopes at BYU for this research. Dr. Jeffrey Farrer, director of the Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory at BYU was (and still is) permitted to work with me.
3. Based on that research at BYU, a group of scientists wrote the paper now published in the Open Chemical Physics Journal, "Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe," April 2009. [color=gold]BYU reviewed the paper prior to publication and found it to represent sound science, and [color=gold]approved it for publication in the Open Chemical Physics Journal. Specifically the chair of the BYU Department of Physics and [color=gold]Astronomy approved publication and told me personally this was sound scientific research and that he was now persuaded that explosives/pyrotechnics were involved in the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11.
4. There were two authors from BYU listed on that paper, Dr. Farrer (as second author) and Daniel Farnsworth. Their affiliation with the BYU Department of Physics and Astronomy was listed in the paper, with the approval of BYU.
www.bentham-open.org.../2009/00000002/000000...
Deseret News article on the paper:
www.deseretnews.com...
5. About the same time as this paper was published, I was made an Emeritus Professor of Physics at BYU.
6. [color=gold]BYU explained that they had been under considerable pressure to let me go, which is to their credit to admit this. We know from press releases that Dick Cheney's office contacted BYU; and this resulted in Cheney's coming to BYU to give a commencement address just three months after my "early retirement" from BYU. BYU -- also to its credit -- allowed TWO on-campus demonstrations against the policies of Dick Cheney. I understand that outside of Utah, it was these on-campus protests against Cheney that received favorable attention. (How many protests has BYU allowed through the years? Very few!)
7. BYU provided a nice (not large) pension as I accepted their offer of early retirement, gave me a (shared) office that I still use. They allowed me to keep my research web page, which links to three formally-published peer-reviewed papers regarding 9/11 in technical journals, here: www.physics.byu.edu...
In view of these contributions to 9/11 research, my friend and fellow 9/11-researcher Kevin Ryan said "Hurray for BYU!" And I have to agree.
I predict that Jones will not publish a second paper because he cannot get the results he wants and isn't enough of a scientist to publish what he finds rather than what he, and a few others, want to believe.
Originally posted by impressme
reply to post by pteridine
Jones knows that the heat was caused by combustion and says so in his paper. He is aware that some of his analyses [conductivity!] had absolutely no analytical basis.
This is untrue and you have not proved this. This is your opinion nothing more.
You and I can go around on this topic until the moon turn blue, with your opinions and character assignation against Steven Jones. You should not be making up garbage with out being able to back your claims.
Jones has not shown a reaction in the absence of air, much less a thermite reaction. He has several steps to go before he proves his theory.
Jones has proven his theory “with peer reviewed sciences.”
I guess Jones shares my "opinion."
This paper was not "peer reviewed science."
[color=gold]Publication in a Peer-reviewed Civil Engineering Journal!
Finally! After submitting a half-dozen papers to established peer-reviewed technical journals over a period of nearly a year, we have two papers which have passed peer-review and have been accepted for publication. One of these was published TODAY! In science, we say that we have “published in the literature,” a major step in a nascent line of scientific inquiry.
And many thanks to the editors for their courage and adherence to science in allowing us to follow the evidence and publish in their journal. (Indeed, expressions of thanks along these lines to the editors will be appreciated, as they will probably get a few letters chastising them… )
The paper is here:
www.bentham.org... (our paper is listed on top at the moment, the most recently entered paper); or go here:
www.bentham.org...
(Click on “year 2008” then scroll down to the paper and click on it.)
[color=gold]Another Peer Reviewed Paper Published in Scientific Journal Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust