28.08.2011

Ich habe heute die folgende E-Mail an Prof. Niels Harrit bezüglich seiner Nanothermit - Studie gesendet
"Dear Mr. Harrit,

I have carefully studied your paper and have some questions:

On page 23 you wrote:

" In the sample provided by collector J. MacKinlay the
fraction of red/gray chips was roughly estimated. Fifteen
small chips having a total mass of 1.74 mg were extracted
from a 1.6 g sample of dust from which readily identifiable
glass and concrete fragments had been removed by
hand. Thus the fraction of red/gray chips was approximately
0.1% by weight in the separated dust Another sampling
showed 69 small red/gray chips in a 4.9 g sample of separated dust. Further samples are being analyzed to refine this
estimate. The fall of the WTC Towers produced enormous
clouds of dust whose total mass is difficult to ascertain; but
clearly the total mass of red/gray chips in the WTC dust
must be substantial given the fraction observed in these samplings."

[/i]The total mass of the destroyed and damaged buildings was roughly 1.750.000 tons. We can safely assume. that at least 10% of this mass was dustified, giving a total amount of 175.000 tons of dust. You found a fraction of red/gray chips of about 0,1%, which gives us an estimate of about 175 tons of this material.

On page 29 you conclude:
(emphasis mine)

"The red material does burn quickly as shown in the DSC,
and we have observed a bright flash on ignition, but determination of the burn rate of the red material may help to classify
this as a slow or fast explosive. It may be that this material is
used not as a cutter-charge itself, but rather as a means to ignite high explosives, as in super-thermite matches [30]. Having observed unignited thermitic material in the WTC residue,
we suggest that other energetic materials suitable for cutter
charges or explosives should also be looked for in the WTC
dust. NIST has admitted that they have not yet looked for such
residues [11]. "

So we have 175 tons of active, non-burnt material, probably used in form of super-thermite matches.
175 tons.
Please take your pocket - calculator and calculate the number of thermite - matches (about 10 grams per piece maximum) you can get out of 175 tons.
Furthermore you should explain, how non-burnt material could contribute to the collapse of the three WTC buildings.

A quick calculation of the raise in temperature a sprayed or painted coating of your thermitic material could cause on one of the columns of the WTC (if it _does_ burn of course). Assume a thickness oft the sprayed layer of 2.5mm / 0,1 inches

Lookig forward to your explanations I am
Yours sincerelly
Robert Stankowic"
Mal sehen, wie er darauf reagiert :)