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Originally posted by hdutton
reply to post by waypastvne
And if you take out the strip and attach the charge directly to the target, what do you get.
No boom! Just a quick hot cut.
Contrary to a widespread misconception, the shaped charge does not depend in any way on thermodynamical phenomena for its effectiveness. In particular, the "jet" of an exploding shaped charge does not "melt its way" through armor, its impact is purely kinetic in nature.
Originally posted by hdutton
reply to post by waypastvne
Did you look that up?
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Originally posted by beijingyank
reply to post by Varemia
There is scientific proof, and unimpeachable fact of nano thermate in the 911 dust.
The ingredients for nanothermites are indeed there. What the wonderful source failed to explain is that nanothermites are found in ALL fires of structures that are made of iron, steel, or aluminum. It is the result of FIRE.
Now let's also consider this, the restaurant in the WTC had appliances made of aluminum. Computer monitors of the time were made with arsenic, mercury, cadmium, beryllium, chromium, nickel and ZINC. How many computers were in the WTC?
The shocking thing would be if there were no nanothermites found.
Originally posted by hdutton
reply to post by WarminIndy
The ingredients for nanothermites are indeed there. What the wonderful source failed to explain is that nanothermites are found in ALL fires of structures that are made of iron, steel, or aluminum. It is the result of FIRE.
Now let's also consider this, the restaurant in the WTC had appliances made of aluminum. Computer monitors of the time were made with arsenic, mercury, cadmium, beryllium, chromium, nickel and ZINC. How many computers were in the WTC?
The shocking thing would be if there were no nanothermites found.
Then, by this logic, if we locate all our junk yards to "tornado alley", we could close the auto plants.
Every time a storm passed thru the juke yard a bunch of new cars would be assembled and ready for sale.
Originally posted by beijingyank
reply to post by WarminIndy
Nano thermate was constructed from three elements. There is a carbon molecule added to the mix. Scientists found high tech stuff in the 911 dust, built from the molecule up. There was no random association with elements. And 19 hijackers controlled by a guy in a cave couldn't have made it.
Originally posted by hdutton
Of course, the main problem with the collape of building WT7 was the FACT that it did so in the same manner as did WT1 & WT2 but was not struct by a plane nor did it have large fires for long period of time. The likelyhood of three buidings collapsing in the same fashion - on the same day - with in a city block of one another, yet for different reasons would seem to me to be fairly low.
Originally posted by hdutton
reply to post by Varemia
Might I apoligize for not making statements which could be more easily understood ?
I meant to say: Building 7 did not have large fires for a long period of time. In the case of the other buildings, we were told the fires were such infernos for their duration that the structurral steel was weakened and this led to their collapse.
Office fires such as shown, even in your pics, would not generate enough long term heating to weaken the steel columns. In fact the NIST report states the cause of the collapse of building 7 was the expansion of a single column, # 47. in the area of floors 12 & 13 I think.
The sudden disappearance of the "air unit" on the roof before the collapse is also troubling to me. I really do not know why, but something about this happenening just does not look right.
Originally posted by beijingyank
reply to post by WarminIndy
I will refer to the professors of chemistry at the university when I want a lecture about nano thermate. You are way behind the curve. Fact is, you don't have a clue what nano thermate is or how it is made.
The jig is up.