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Did I say it was 'unusual'?People who kept the debris/dust could have kept it as a sad memory sort of like keeping the ashes or any number of other reason. That they had dust/debris many years after the incident is not unsual.
You have made a serious logical error, one that revealed you to be technically incompetent and cast doubts on your claim to have been published.They certainly didnt know that the material they had in their posession was incendinary or explosive in any way , they proably kept it like I said sort of like keeping the ashes.
Its the researchers at Copenhagen University that found out the true nature of the materail , that it was infact a precise mix of materials required to causue it to ignite explosivley. Thats what led to conclude that this material is explosive in nature
By the way IronOxide ( rust ) doesnt ignite explosively , this material did , so read the whole the thing and dont hang to parts that you understand ( leaving out the ones that you dont )
If the presence of iron oxide can be explained by rust, then it is illogical to conclude that some type of explosive either created the iron oxide or that the iron oxide is an element of that explosive.
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Regarding the University of Coppenhagen...
The reference for that institution is a Mr. Niels H. Harrit. The question is: Was the University of Coppenhagen an active sponsor and participant of this 'paper'? If not, then the University's name is being used unethically, possibly deceptively in order to grant this 'paper' some credibility. The hint for this possibility is in the next name, a Mr. Jeffrey Farrer of Brigham Young University, the same institution as Dr. Steven Jones. BYU suspended Jones when there were allegations that he tried to attach BYU's name into this loony conspiracy. No one in BYU's Engineering Dept supported his 'thermite' theory. His colleague, Dr. D. Allan Firmage, said very kindly about Jones...
CEEn People - D. Allan Firmage
Jones is Physics. Firmage is Engineering with decades of practical experience. One is theory and the latter is application. If you truly did published, it should imply that you possess some measure of critical thinking skills and should move you to place more credibility on Firmage. But here is the story on Farrer...After reading in the Daily Herald the presentations made by Professor Steven E. Jones (BYU Physics) to students at UVSC and BYU, I feel obligated to reply to his "Conspiracy Theory" relating to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (9/11/01).
I have studied the summary of the report by FEMA, The American Society of Civil Engineers and several other professional engineering organizations. These experts have given in detail the effects on the Towers by the impact of the commercial aircraft. I have also read Professor Jones' (referred to) 42 page unpublished report. In my understanding of structural design and the properties of structural steel I find Professor Jones' thesis that planted explosives (rather than fire from the planes) caused the collapse of the Towers, very unreliable.
The structural design of the towers was unique in that the supporting steel structure consisted of closely spaced columns in the walls of all four sides. The resulting structure was similar to a tube. When the aircraft impacted the towers at speeds of about 500 plus mph, many steel columns were immediately severed and others rendered weak by the following fires. The fires critically damaged the floors systems. Structural steel will begin to lose strength when heated to temperatures above 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Steel bridge girders are bent to conform to the curved roadway by spot heating flanges between 800 and 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. It is easy to comprehend the loss of carrying capacity of all the structural steel due to the raging fires fed by the jet's fuel as well as aircraft and building contents.
Before one (especially students) supports such a conspiracy theory, they should investigate all details of the theory. To me a practicing structural engineer of 57 continuous years (1941-1998), Professor Jones' presentations are very disturbing.
Deseret News | Three at BYU praise Jones
So here on this supposedly 'peer reviewed paper' we have a member of the group who is academically suspended and another requested to be disassociated with the group. That make the use of Farrer's and BYU's names unethical and deceptive.Farrer, who manages BYU's Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory, sent an e-mail asking the group to remove his name from the Web site on Sept. 7, hours before BYU administrators informed Jones they were placing him on paid leave. Farrer had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the content of scholarsfor911truth.org. He was disturbed that it appeared to have a political viewpoint, though he said he would continue to work with the group.
No red flags here...right?