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The examples you come with are not explosive materials. They only become explosive when mixed with oxygen. Are you saying that the material Jones is testing also only becomes explosive when mixed with oxygen?
A chlorine bomb is a small-scale explosive device using the pressure of chemically produced chlorine gas to produce an explosion. It is made with an airtight container part-filled with rubbing alcohol or similar solvent. When a chlorine tablet is added, it produces an expansive pressure increase, shattering the container
Black powder is a granular mixture of
a nitrate, typically potassium nitrate (KNO3), which supplies oxygen for the reaction;
charcoal, which provides carbon and other fuel for the reaction, simplified as carbon (C);
sulfur (S), which, while also serving as a fuel, lowers the temperature required to ignite the mixture, thereby increasing the rate of combustion.
Potassium nitrate is the most important ingredient in terms of both bulk and function because the combustion process releases oxygen from the potassium nitrate, promoting the rapid burning of the other ingredients.[8] To reduce the likelihood of accidental ignition by static electricity, the granules of modern black powder are typically coated with graphite, which prevents the build-up of electrostatic charge.
Gunpowder is classified as a low explosive because of its relatively slow decomposition rate and consequently low brisance. Low explosives deflagrate at subsonic speeds. High explosives detonate, producing a supersonic wave. Ignition of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it from the muzzle at high speed, but not enough to rupture the gun barrel. Gunpowder is thus less suitable for shattering rock or fortifications, where high explosives such as TNT are preferred.
An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An explosive charge is a measured quantity of explosive material. This potential energy stored in an explosive material may be chemical energy, such as nitroglycerine or grain dust pressurized compressed gas, such as a gas cylinder or aerosol can nuclear, such as fissile isotopes of uranium-235 and plutonium-239 Explosive materials may be categorized by the speed at which they expand. Materials that detonate (explode faster than the speed of sound) are said to be high explosives and materials that deflagrate are said to be low explosives. Explosives may also be categorized by their sensitivity. Sensitive materials that can be initiated by a relatively small amount of heat or pressure are primary explosives and materials that are relatively insensitive are secondary explosives.
First you claim that samples are hold in vaults. Then you claim they are destroyed. And then you ask me to explain why they are destroyed. Right...
So are you suggesting that any dust collected in any apartment in NYC at any time after 9/11/2001 should have the same exact properties as the alleged samples that the jones et al gang is supposedly testing? And if that is not the case does it then prove that jones et al are officially full of it?
Originally posted by Darkwing01
If it is not held in evidence then it must have been destroyed. Destroying evidence is a crime in itself so I'm not sure how that is better.
I don't know if there are such samples, if there aren't that is all the more reason for Jones to not just hand out the precious few he has to any Tom, Dick or Harry.
Originally posted by -PLB-
Until an independent party is able to reproduce Jones results, we can dismiss it as being scientific.
And we all know, the truth movement is not eager at all to have an independent analysis done. Why would that be...
Originally posted by Wotcher
This is what is known as a Freudian Slip.
So you're saying the truth movement is "not eager" for an "independent investigation" in to 9/11??????
I meant the first examples you came with, those are not explosives. Chlorine is also not an explosive. A Chlorine bomb depends on "slow" pressure buildup in an airtight container. If you think it is an explosive, then so is air.
ex·plo·sion (k-splzhn) n. 1. a. A release of mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy in a sudden and often violent manner with the generation of high temperature and usually with the release of gases. b. A violent bursting as a result of internal pressure. c. The loud, sharp sound made as a result of either of these actions.
1. (Chemistry) a substance that decomposes rapidly under certain conditions with the production of gases, which expand by the heat of the reaction. The energy released is used in firearms, blasting, and rocket propulsion
And yes, if you light pile of gunpowder I can guarantee you that on the outside of that pile you will find un-reacted gunpowder.
The gunpowder does not ever burn with 100% efficiency in any kind of gun. It is known prior to 1963. This was all quantified by F.C. Barnes & R.A. Helson in their Empirical Study of Gun Powder Residue Patterns conducted in the late 50s to early 60s, and arose from and refers to even earlier tests conducted by Hatcher in the 1930s.
The specific cites can be found in the July 1974 reprint from the Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 19, No.3.
The earliest copy of the study is contained in the Cartridges of the World, 4th edition copyrighted in 1965, page 367, paragraphs 1-8 of the summary and conclusion; which cites that "5-15%" of the gunpowder charge of any given load is discharged in the form of "UNBURNED & PARTIALLY BURNED" "PARTICLES or GRANULES" which can disperse in a pattern from 30 inches to over 8 feet.
Jones sample was not powder. When he put a blowtorch on it, part of it reacted and part of it didn't. If you want to believe that this material is some highly energetic substance that can be used to bring down skyscrapers, feel free to do so. But don't expect other to believe it too.
If this approach is correct and reflects the actual course of events, the mathematical consequences are that the proportion of explosives residue, that is the weight percent of the charge, which survives as residue, as distinct from the total weight of residue, will:
Decrease with increasing charge weight because for any explosives charge, the amount of residue is proportional to the surface area, whereas the charge weight is proportional to the explosive volume (for most charge shapes, the volume increases at twice the rate of the surface area)...
The proportion of explosives residue will decrease as both the charge size and the velocity of detonation increase.
It is not "any arrangement". It is when someone puts a blowtorch on it. Doesn't this bother you even a bit?
Originally posted by -PLB-
Originally posted by Wotcher
This is what is known as a Freudian Slip.
Because?
So you're saying the truth movement is "not eager" for an "independent investigation" in to 9/11??????
No.
When it comes to Jones work, most truthers are completely satisfied by it and don't require any additional experimentation to confirm his work.
Originally posted by Krusty the Klown
Because......you said Jones work was "scientific" not "unscientific".
The only way you can confidently state this is if you have spoken to and surveyed ALL truthers.
Have You????
Otherwise you are merely stating an assumption. Assumptions are not fact.
Your argument has been that an explosion separates explosive material from the heat source so it can not ignite.
But anyhow, your mind is set and you just accept Jones work as it is. Just curious, are you in favor of an independent test? Do you think it is required?
Originally posted by Darkwing01
The heat source in this case would be the blowtorch.
The surface area is to great for the reaction to sustain itself without the external source. You can see it reacting, and blowtorch won't form the sphere.
Actually what in all likelihood happened here was that the bit held in the clamp failed to react.
Again, I can't help but observe that you have trouble distinguishing general principles from specific instances.
If it is done properly then of course.
Jones' work is conclusive as far as I am concerned so the the only thing you would be doing is to establish his credibility if you are going to test more samples.
But even without you can do all sorts of experiments like the Cole one and like the experiment to see what residues are left over after a reaction and how various types of thermite react. All this is legitimate work.
To date I have seen nothing that remotely contradicts Jones' view, most of it is just outright slander and veiled character assassination.
And I can't help but observe that you come with all kind of excuses why the "highly energetic" material failed to fully react when a blowtorch was put on it. Molten iron mixed with unreacted material, and you claim it was not hot enough.
Then not for the sake of your own satisfaction, but for the sake of the truth movement original goals you should be demanding these additional experiments.