world trade center dust

Consider that WTC 1 and WTC 2 were almost identical buildings. They were both constructed with an inner cage made of steel that formed the elevator shafts surrounded by a perimeter floor made of concrete, steel, and other office furnishings and finally an exterior set of steel columns covered in...

When the towers fell they produced a tremendous amount of dust. I remember it when it happened and it never struck me as odd in any way. In buildings filled with dry wall, partitions, paper and insulation loads of dust would be expected. But for some reason Truthers think that most of the dust...

My guess is probably not. But that's just a guess, I already know how truthers are capable of lies, myths, and downright stupidity. This specific claim is one I've never been able to get to the bottom of because I don't understand much about the subject. I hear claims again and again that...

ETA: Someone has altered the appearance of my profile in this thread. I'm no student. I'm a research scientist. ETA: Oh, I guess it has to do with how many posts you've made. NEVER MIND! One of the most misunderstood issue of 9/11. Most people (even after watching the videos) think that the...

A paper has been published in the Open Chemical Physics Journal, a Bentham Open Access peer reviewed journal, concerning red/gray (or red/metallic) chips found in the WTC dust. The authors claim that the red part of the chips are unreacted nanothermite. Active Thermitic Material Discovered in...

I was wondering where Jones got that WTC dust sample he analyzed and, oddly, I found the answer on the NIST site. Despite his claim that the dust is a ‘snapshot of the WTC collapse,’ what do you think are the chances of contamination, especially on the second sample acquired later in California?