29 Structural & Civil Engineers Cite Evidence for WTC Demolition

WHY THE RED/GRAY CHIPS ARE NOT PRIMER PAINT

It has been suggested, that the red/grey chips discovered in the dust from the WTC collapse catastrophe¹ could originate from rust-inhibiting paint (primer paint) applied to the steel beams in the towers. This letter compares the elemental composition and the thermal stability of the two materials based on the description of the protective paint in the NIST report and observations on the red/grey chips.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE PRIMER PAINT

The primer paint applied to the steel beams of WTC is described and characterized in NIST NCSTAR 1-3C appendix D².

The primer paint is red/orange and was originally applied in order to protect the steel against corrosion.

Examples of typical beams are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2.

Figure 1 M2-C2M (WTC 1, Col.130, Fl 98) from NCSTAR 1-3C appendix D2.

Figure 2 Perimeter columns in WTC towers from NIST.

The color is due to the pigments in the paint. Iron oxide is red and zinc chromate (”zinc yellow”) is – well – bright lemon yellow (Figure 3).

Figure 3 Composition of primer paint from NCSTAR 1-3C appendix D2.

Since the ”vehicle” is obviously fluid, the values for the ingredients in it must refer to the paint before application in w/w percentage.

Even though the composition of the Tnemec pigment is proprietary, the content of this component can be obtained from the Material Safety Data Sheet, from which the pertinent information is reproduced in Figure 4:

Figure 4 Extract from Material Safety Data Sheet for Tnemec pigment3.

Talc is magnesium silicate hydroxide, Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂.

The content of calcium silicates and aluminates is inexact, and that the relative contribution of aluminates is not specified.

Since the Tnemec pigment contributed 33.7 % to the wet primer paint, the content of these two ingredients and the solvent in the wet primer paint was:

After application, the paint was baked at 120 °C. In this process all volatile ingredients evaporate. Thinners (Figure 3) and mineral spirits (from the Tnemec pigment) amount to (32.3 + 7.6) 40 %. If we subtract these from the w/w composition percentages given above, we get a rough estimate of the composition of the hardened paint.

That is, by dividing by 0.6 we get the following values for the decisive ingredients of the hardened paint (dismissing the trivial elements iron, silicon, carbon and oxygen):

COMPARISON WITH THE COMPOSITION OF THE RED/GRAY CHIPS

The elemental composition of the red/gray chips was obtained by means of X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (XEDS) in the SEM mode¹. Before measurement, the chips were broken (with one exception to be discussed below) in order to secure a fresh uncontaminated surface from which the SEM XEDS was obtained. NONE of these SEM XEDS spectra, taken from four independently collected samples, showed signals from either zinc, chromium or magnesium in intensities significantly above the baseline noise. See the right panel of Figure 5 below in which the intensity scale is expanded. Strong signals from these three elements could be expected from the primer paint according to Table 1.

Figur 7 in Harrit et al.1, showing the four different samples investigated. The same spectrum as in frame (a) with intensity (vertical) and horizontal scales expanded. Minute signals in level with the noise are observed from sulfur, calcium, chromium and strontium.

Figure 5 SEM XEDS (beam energy 20 keV) spectra from fresh surfaces of red phase of red/gray chips.

In one experiment the chips were to be soaked in methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and could not – for good reasons – be broken before. The resulting XEDS of this chip (Figure 6, below) displays tiny blips indicating the presence of chromium and zinc. They disappeared after the chips had been soaked/rinsed with the organic solvent. Therefore, they are believed to derive from surface contamination, which very well could have been from the primer paint(!).

Figure 6 SEM XEDS (beam energy 20 keV) from unbroken chip before soaking in MEK. The calcium and sulfur are likely to originate from contamination with wallboard material (gypsum, calcium sulfate). The signals from zinc and chromium could be from surface contamination with primer paint.

Magnesium was never observed, which is another element characteristic of the primer paint (Table 1).

It should also be noticed, that the only possible source of aluminum in the primer paint is the rather vague reference to ”calcium silicates or aluminates” in 3.3 – 5.5 % presence. Without attempting any quantitative estimates (not a trivial matter in XEDS), it is still very hard to accept this component as the source of the bright-and-clear signals for aluminum from the red phase of the red/gray chips.

THERMAL STABILITY OF PRIMER PAINT

NIST was interested in the thermal response of the primer paint since examination of the condition on the recovered steel beams could be indicative of the temperatures they had been exposed to.

NIST carried out temperature studies on selected beams and made the following observations². The paint is unaffected to temperatures up to 250 °C (Figure 7a). At higher temperatures the paint starts showing ”mud-cracks” as they can be seen in Figure 7b (left). This fracture is due to the different expansion coefficients of the steel and the paint. It gets worse at 650 °C (Figure 7, right) at which temperature black ”scales” (layers) begin to form
between the paint and the steel (Figure 8). NIST took the samples beyond 800 °C at which temperature the scale formation and peeling off of the paint from the steel was prevailing. One may hypothesize that formation of the black scales is due to charring of the organic binder.

Primer paint on exterior WTC column at temperatures below 250 °C (panel a) and beyond (panel b). Exposure of primer paint on steel to 650 °C for 1 hr.

Figure 7

Figure 8 From NCSTAR 1-3C appendix D2 showing formation of a black layer under the primer paint at temperatures beyond 650 °C.

Notice, that the primer paint – being basically a ceramic material – is chemically stable at temperatures up to 800 °C.

COMPARISON WITH THERMAL STABILITY OF RED/GRAY CHIPS

In contrast to the primer paint, the red/gray chips react violently, igniting in the neighbourhood of 430 °C. The reaction must produce temperatures no less than ca. 1500 °C, since the residues of molten iron are clearly seen in the optical microscope (Figure 9).

Figure 9 Optical microscope picture of red/gray chip after reaction in a DSC instrument1.

CONCLUSION

The properties of the primer paint and the red/gray chips are inconsistent.

The red/gray chips cannot be the primer paint as it is characterized by NIST.

REFERENCES

(1) Harrit, N.; Farrer, J.; Jones, S. E.; Ryan, K.; Legge, F.; Farnsworth, D.; Roberts, G.; Gourley, J.; Larsen, B.
Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust From the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe. The Chemical Physics Open Journal 2009, 2, 7-31.
(2) NIST. NIST NCSTAR 1-3C. 2005. http://wtc.nist.gov/NCSTAR1/PDF/NCSTAR%201-3C%20Appxs.pdf
(3) http://www.tnemec.com/resources/product/msds/m10v.pdf

Germany’s gulli.com Interviews Dr. Niels Harrit on Nanothermite at the WTC

World Trade Center Destruction Interview with Dr. Harrit

Questions to Niels Harrit concerning the study “Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe”.

Some time ago, gulli.com featured the news about the work of a team of independent scientists from Denmark, USA and Australia. They claim to have found a substance called Nano Thermite in the dust of the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City. Nano Thermite is an explosive, normally only used by the military, not available on the normal market. It is a relative to thermite, a substance used for welding.

On the Gulli board one of the biggest discussions ever broke loose between so called conspiracy theorists and people who trust the official version about 9/11. More than 28.000 views. More than 800 postings. We gave sceptical gulli users the chance to ask their questions directly to Dr. Niels Harrit, one of the scientists. The gulli users asked really tough questions and didn’t censor anything. We gave all those questions to Mr. Harrit and were really curious how he would respond. He answered. So now, here’s the promised interview. The whole interview is released under this Creative Commons license, so you can copy it and spread it everywhere at no charge and without asking. You can download the PDF here.

Copenhagen / Düsseldorf, May 2009

Interview:

gulli.com: Your full name and title?

Dr. Niels Harrit: Dr. Niels Holger Harrit.

gulli.com: Your age?

Dr. Niels Harrit: 64

Dr. Niels Harrit, Copenhagen, Denmark

gulli.com: Please explain exactly in what subject you earned your doctorate and what you studied / you are an expert in.

Dr. Niels Harrit: My master degree, which I earned in 1971, was based on the work I did for one year at Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. My doctor thesis from 1975 from University of Copenhagen was in mechanistic photochemistry. I spent a year at Columbia University, New York City as post doc. in 1977.

Continued — READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE at guilli.com.

David Ray Griffin & Niels Harrit in Switzerland - May 7th, 2009

Samstag, 9. Mai 2009

9/11: Time for a second look in Lucerne

Report for our English speaking friends:

On the May 7 Professor David Ray Griffin came to Lucerne Switzerland on his tour through Europe that took him to Paris, Brussels and Madrid, and several other cities for an evening under the motto: “9/11 Time for a second look”.

As leading figure in the world wide 9/11 truth movement it was an honour to welcome him and listen to his speech live and in person. At the same time I grabbed the opportunity because of the currentness of the topic and also invited Professor Dr. Niels Harrit to our event, who published together with eight other scientists their paper about nano-thermite that they found in the dust of ground zero. That both respected personalities would inform us in the same evening was a special experience.

On a beautiful sunny day the first attendees arrived in the afternoon from near but also from the neighbouring countries Germany, Austria and Italy. Some even came with their camper and used the parking lot to stay overnight.

The event started at 7 pm and the hall was full, so we began with the lecture of Professor Griffin, who informed us about the latest developments regarding 9/11. He told us that more and more scientists, engineers, architects, pilots, lawyers, medical professionals and politicians are joining the truth movement who doubt the official story. As an example he said, more then 640 architects and engineers have signed with their names, who say the official reason for the collapse of the three WTC buildings is impossible and ask for a new investigation. On the other side, there are only three who support the official version, and they are dependent on the government for their salary. The chances are getting better that a new investigation will take place. Therefore we must increase our effort to inform the people and to motivate them to join one of the specialized branches of the 9/11 truth movement.

After the break the evening continued with Dr. Harrit, who explained in a very understandable and humorous way the chemical formulas and reactions, the composition of nanao-thermite, how explosives work, how nano-thermite was found in the dust and that there is only one explanation for finding it there, it was used as an explosive to bring down the three buildings. The lecture was so capturing that we stopped at 10 pm for dinner and then at 11 pm he continued for another hour. The knowledge that he passed on regarding this new subject was so interesting, everybody remained glued to his seat.

After the lecture groups of people formed and hot discussions started. There where some journalists present who showed lots of interest and wanted to know more. At 1:30 am I had to close the event otherwise we could have gone on till morning.

This evening was something special with a crowd of 130 people getting to know each other in a relaxed atmosphere, where we could meet and discuss with the experts directly in person. With nearly 8 hours we had plenty of time for intensive talks, and we were able to shoot photos and videos of our “heroes” . With the latest information and full of motivation the people who attended returned home with a smile on their face.

See the video of David Ray Griffin on the day after the event here.

Dr. Steven Jones Lecture at UC Davis - May 2009

Denmark News Coverage of Active Thermitics Paper

From 911Review.com

With the publication of Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe, conclusive identification of explosive residues in the Twin Towers was in hand: tiny chips found consistently in WTC dust samples contain a red nanocomposite substance that has particles, 40 nm thick, of elemental aluminum.

In a world without perception management campaigns, proof that there were explosives in the Twin Towers — and tens of tons of high-tech explosives at that — would be big news. But who would seriously imagine seeing on the cover of the New York Times: “Massive Quantities of High-Tech Explosives Positively Identified in WTC; Entire Basis of War on Terror a Fraud”? No, Active Thermitic Material Discovered didn’t even elicit one of Eric Lipton’s tributes to the conspiracy buffs. While Loose Change was newsworthy enough to make the cover of USA Today, the new scientific paper clearly documenting conclusive positive tests for explosives, was quietly ignored — or actively ignored in the case of Wikipedia, where long-absent Wikipedians came out of their closets to scoured pages of all references to the paper.

But the mainstream media in Denmark, home of the paper’s lead author Niels Harrit, was willing to look, and the story also got an early hearing in Utah’s Deseret News. ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

1. Konspirationsteorier om 9/11 får nyt liv, politiken.dk, [cached]
2. Super-Explosive Found in WTC Remains, Javno.com, [cached]
3. Dansk forsker: Eksplosivt nanomateriale fundet i støvet fra World Trade Center, Videnskab.dk, [cached]
4. Dansker genopliver konspirationsteori om 11. september, kristeligt-dagblad.dk, [cached]
5. Mystik om WTC: Nano-termit i tårne, ekstrabladet.dk, [cached]
6. Forskere: Sprængstof i støvet fra WTC, jp.dk, [cached]
7. Traces of explosives in 9/11 dust, scientists say, DeseretNews.com, [cached]
8. Study claims ‘highly engineered explosive’ found in WTC rubble, RawStory.com, [cached]

Danish scientist Niels Harrit, on nano-thermite in the WTC dust ( english subtitles )

April 2009 Newsletter

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SCHOLARS FOR 9/11 TRUTH & JUSTICE NEWSLETTER
www.STJ911.org
April, 2009

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Dear Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice,

We are very proud to make the announcement this month of a ground breaking new paper just published in The Open Chemical Physics Journal and authored by Niels H. Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven E. Jones, Kevin R. Ryan, Frank M. Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James R. Gourley and Bradley R. Larsen.  The paper is the long-awaited formal publication of the findings of red/grey chips in the WTC dust, which Steven Jones first presented in 2007 in Boston, and details the extensive analyses conducted to conclude with the finding of active thermitic material in the dust.

Additionally, Jim Hoffman has written two essays to help non-scientists understand the findings in the paper, and one essay describing a hypothetical scenario.

Congratulations to all who helped make this happen!

We urge members to help spread the word about this paper.

A press release is now posted on the STJ site which can be distributed to your local news outlets, or write your own article or announcement and email it to your lists.  Sending the paper along to any scientists, architects, engineers or others at universities is also important.

This month’s newsletter also includes a few other updates on other work being done by our members.

Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice now has over 700 members and is continuing to grow every day with increasing numbers of prominent people signing onto the challenges to the official story of 9/11/01.

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Recent Member Events, Presentations and News

a) New paper on red/grey chips by Steven Jones and authors just published!

Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe

Authors: Niels H. Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven E. Jones, Kevin R. Ryan, Frank M. Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James R. Gourley, Bradley R. Larsen

The Open Chemical Physics Journal, 2009, 2, 7-31

Abstract: We have discovered distinctive red/gray chips in all four of the separately collected samples of dust produced by the destruction of the World Trade Center. The chips in these samples show marked similarities. One sample was collected by a Manhattan resident about ten minutes after the collapse of the second WTC Tower, two the next day, and a fourth about a week later. The properties of these chips were analyzed using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The red material contains grains approximately 100 nm across which are largely iron oxide, while aluminum is contained in tiny plate-like structures. Separation of components using methyl ethyl ketone demonstrated that elemental aluminum is present. The iron oxide and aluminum are intimately mixed in the red material. When ignited in a DSC device the chips exhibit large but narrow exotherms occurring at approximately 430 ?C, far below the normal ignition temperature for conventional thermite. Numerous iron-rich spheres are clearly observed in the residue following the ignition of these peculiar red/gray chips. The red portion of these chips is found to be an unreacted thermitic material and highly energetic.

http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCPJ/2009/00000002/00000001/7TOCPJ.SGM

Also see the statement by Steven Jones on the paper posted at the STJ Blog.

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b) 9-11 Research Essays On Aluminothermics Use at the WTC

Explosives Found in World Trade Center Dust

Scientists Discover Both Residues And Unignited Fragments
Of High-Tech Metal Incendiaries In Debris From the Twin Towers
http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/thermite/explosive_residues.html

Wake Up and Smell the Aluminothermic Nanocomposite Explosives

As Documentation of Thermitic Materials in the WTC Twin Towers Grows,
Official Story Backers Ignore, Deny, Evade, and Dissemble
http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/thermite/explosives_evidence_timeline.html

A Hypothetical Blasting Scenario:

A Plausible Theory Explaining the Controlled Demolition of the Twin Towers
Using Aluminothermic Incindiaries and Explosives with Wireless Detonation Means
http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/thermite/blasting_scenario.html

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c) Visibility 9-11 Interviews with Dr. Steven E. Jones & Kevin Ryan

Special Report: Thermite Fingerprint

Our talks today with Dr. Jones & Kevin Ryan feature an in-depth discussion on a new paper which has been formally published and peer reviewed by The Open Chemical Physics Journal titled Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe.  In this revolutionary new research paper, discoveries made in the World Trade Center Dust, particularly the red/gray bi-layered chips, are examined in great detail and include evidence of the thermite fingerprint at every juncture.

Download these important episodes of Visibility 9-11 and here and here.

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d) Interview with Kevin Ryan in American Buddhist Net

Truth & Deception: An Interview with Kevin Ryan on 9/11

Kevin Ryan

American Buddhist Net News, 2/14/09

In this interview Kevin Ryan discusses the science and psychology of 9/11. He also mentions an upcoming paper that provides strong evidence of incendiary residues found in the World Trade Center dust. Ryan, who is one of the co-authors of the paper, says that it is “…much more conclusive than anything we’ve published before, and is supported by considerable physical testing.”

KR: In my experience, there has not been much of a discussion between those who support the official story and those who do not. My colleagues and I have tried to get the official investigators to meet with us for discussion or debate, but with little success. My local group did meet with Lee Hamilton last year, since he was the congressman from our area and still keeps an office here in Bloomington. He gave us many excuses for why his 9/11 Commission report was not adequate, and has stated in his book that he felt he was set up to fail (see the revealing interview here http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/911hamilton.html). Mr. Hamilton also told us that he was not opposed to a new investigation, as long as it was not intended to simply find fault with his investigation. We have since invited him to several events but he has not agreed to join us in public.
http://americanbuddhist.net/truth-deception-interview-kevin-ryan-9-11

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d) David Chandler Analyzes NIST Final Report on Building 7

9/11: Speak Out

The recent videos by David Chandler — a high school math & physics teacher — have been highly popular for their detailed yet easily accessible examinations of the absurdities buried in the NIST Final Report on WTC Building 7, and in front of our eyes in the videos of the acceleration of the Twin Towers’ downward destruction.  We recommend everyone take a look at David’s websites and videos.

Videos:

WTC7 in Freefall

WTC7: NIST Finally Admits Freefall (Part I)

WTC7: NIST Finally Admits Freefall (Part II)

WTC7: NIST Finally Admits Freefall (Part III)

Downward Acceleration of the North Tower New

Visibility 9-11 also interviewed David Chandler in December of 2008.  The direct download of that interview is here: visibility911_chandler.mp3

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e) AE911Truth at the 2009 AIA Convention in San Francisco, April 30th - May 2nd

24,000 Architects To Confront the Evidence!

One of the most exciting and promising AE911Truth developments has been the acceptance of our application to have a booth on the floor of the AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition! This prestigious architectural convention will be held in San Francisco April 30 through May 2, 2009.

Twenty-four thousand architects are expected to attend. This is an unprecedented opportunity for professional exposure for AE911Truth.

We will have a 10′ x 10′ booth at a cost of $4,000 on the floor of the convention.

Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice urges members to DONATE toward the cost of this critically important outreach. The overall costs will approach $10,000 for display equipment, DVD’s, brochures and handouts.  Please help make this happen for Richard and the AE911 Team!

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Recent Member Contributions

The Journal of 9/11 Studies

Volume 24 - January 2009
The Missing Jolt: A Simple Refutation of the NIST-Bazant Collapse Hypothesis
Prof. Graeme MacQueen and Tony Szamboti

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9/11 in the News

a) 9/11 Widow Dies on Buffalo Plane Crash

Beverly Eckert, a well respected co-founder of “Voices of September 11,” an advocacy group for survivors and 9/11 families, died tragically on February 13th, 2009, in a plane crash in Buffalo New York.

Beverly Eckert became a member of the Family Steering Committee, the group of relatives who in 2002 and 2003 spearheaded the public fight for a 9/11 commission, against resistance from the White House.

One of the questions asked by the 9/11 Family Steering Committee was of particular relevance to Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, which focuses on the use of the scientific method to expose the truth of the events of 9/11/01.  Here was a question they proposed to be asked of the 9/11 Commission, a question that was never asked –

13. On 9/11, no aircraft hit WTC 7. Why did the building fall at 5:20 PM that evening? Larry Silverstein is heard on a PBS tape saying “I remember getting a call from the, E.R., fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, “We’ve had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it.” And they made that decision to pull and we watched the [WTC 7] building collapse,” said Larry Silverstein, WTC Leaseholder. - PBS (9/10/02) Does “pull” mean demolished? What do you know about this?

Beverly Eckert participated in a number of lawsuits around Sept 11th, with the express purpose of gaining discovery and accountability about the events of the day. As the deadline for filing claims with the Victims’ Compensation Fund passed in Dec. 2003, she published the following statement in USA Today:

Friday, December 19, 2003
My Silence Cannot Be Bought
by Beverly Eckert
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1220-04.htm

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b) Beijing Hotel Tower Fire (2009)

What can be learned about the behavior of tall buildings on fire from the CCTV Mandarin Oriental Hotel fire?

While several examples exist of buildings structurally similar to the WTC Towers having withstood similar or larger fires for longer, the CCTV Headquarters building was highly unique in both design and structure, and did involved some amount of concrete reinforcement of the structural steel.

Importantly, however, no part of the CCTV hotel building collapsed from the fire, which was reported to have lasted from between 3-6 hours.  And unlike the WTC Towers, in which the vast majority of each Tower was untouched by any fire damage at all, the CCTV Hotel Tower was entirely engulfed in flames from top to bottom.

Fire images are here –
http://online.wsj.com

After the fire images are here —
http://www.flickr.com

Building conceptual images –
http://www.oma.eu

Engineering firm, Arup East Asia
http://www.arup.com/eastasia

CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China: Building the structure - Engineering firm, Arup East Asia
http://www.arup.com [PDF]

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c) STJ member Earl Staelin interviewed on PBS about unanswered questions of 9/11

Colorado 9-11 Visibility on KBDI Channel 12 in Denver. . . Again!

On March 5th 2009 the local PBS station, KBDI, in Denver Colorado broadcast the groundbreaking expose, America: Freedom To Fascism to raise funds for the station. They invited volunteers from Colorado 911 Visibility to run the phone bank. In this clip trial lawyer Earl Staelin is interviewed about the points of that day in September that we still don’t have answers for.

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What Can You Do?

New members often write in and ask “What can I do?” Here are some suggestions.

Contribute an Essay or Write Content for the Website
If you’ve written a 9/11-related essay or article or letter to the editor which you would like to contribute to the website, please pass it on to us and we will consider it for publication.

Host an Event
Please consider hosting an event featuring members of STJ911 to present a scientific argument of truth of the attacks on 9/11/01. Hosting an event may seem like a daunting task but can be tremendously rewarding both for a local 9/11 group and its community, as well as the movement itself. Several events in 2006 and 2007 were extremely successful and focused on science, were held on university campuses and garnered important news coverage (see: http://stj911.org/events.html). Those who have hosted events involving Scholars members would be glad to give pointers and recommendations for your event. Campuses are one of the best locations for credible educational events.

Participate in the Information War Online
While the mainstream media typically refuses to cover the unanswered questions of 9/11/01, or simply present ad hominem-filled diatribes, dozens of discussion forums all over the Internet are raging in an information war to keep the facts away from the public or distort the ones already available. If you enjoy debate and discussion and are online often, we urge you to get involved on forums and post links and strong arguments to make the case for our work. Many debates are time-wasting, but some are worthwhile, so choose how to spend your time best. Always include links to your favorite websites when you post, using phrases that people are likely to search for in the visible text of your link. This helps the search engine ranking of the page you are linking to.

Participate in the Information War Offline
Letters to the editor, calls to radio shows, emails to representatives, and roadside actions are some of the most important work we can engage in because we take our message directly to the public and our public officials. A single banner on a multi-lane highway for just minutes can be read by thousands of individuals who never get online at all. Participate in an action, letter or call-in and report back on a discussion forum, ours or any of the others.

Edit a 9/11 Page on Wikipedia
Recently, more 9/11 activists have been contributing to Wikipedia and have managed to gain new ground for pages there. Please consider editing one of these pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Truth_Movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_demolition_hypothesis

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Upcoming Events

David Ray Griffin Speaking Tour — April 2009

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, 1:00 PM
David Ray Griffin - ‘Time for a Second Look’ Speaking Tour
Wayne, PA  USA
also . . .
Vassar College on April 8th
Portsmouth, New Hampshire on April 9th
Keene, New Hampshire on April 10th

Saturday April 11, 2009, 7:00 pm
David Ray Griffin at Boston University
Boston University’s Morse Auditorium
602 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA
http://911blogger.com/node/19584

Saturday, April 11th, 2009
The 11th Day of Every Month Street Action
On the Eleventh Day of Every Month, Truth Action calls on activists everywhere to take to the streets in the name of truth. In every town and every city - and by any nonviolent means necessary - we will reach out together to our fellow citizens and spread the word. The Time is Now On the Eleventh Day of Every Month We Unite in Action for Truth until Justice.
http://truthaction.org/

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Thank you,

The STJ911 Committee

Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe

From Dr. Steven Jones posted at 911blogger:

A back-scattered electron (BSE) image featured in the newly published paper.

Formally published in a peer-reviewed Chemical Physics journal, today:

“Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe” by Niels H. Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven E. Jones, Kevin R. Ryan, Frank M. Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James R. Gourley and Bradley R. Larsen

The paper ends with this sentence: “Based on these observations, we conclude that the red layer of the red/gray chips we have discovered in the WTC dust is active, unreacted thermitic material, incorporating nanotechnology, and is a highly energetic pyrotechnic or explosive material.”

In short, the paper explodes the official story that “no evidence” exists for explosive/pyrotechnic materials in the WTC buildings.

What is high-tech explosive/pyrotechnic material in large quantities doing in the WTC dust? Who made tons of this stuff and why? Why have government investigators refused to look for explosive residues in the WTC aftermath?

These are central questions raised by this scientific study.

The peer-review on this paper was grueling, with pages of comments by referees. The tough questions the reviewers raised led to months of further experiments. These studies added much to the paper, including observation and photographs of iron-aluminum rich spheres produced as the material is ignited in a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (see Figures 20, 25 and 26).

The nine authors undertook an in-depth study of unusual red-gray chips found in the dust generated during the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. The article states: “The iron oxide and aluminum are intimately mixed in the red material. When ignited in a DSC device the chips exhibit large but narrow exotherms occurring at approximately 430 ?C, far below the normal ignition temperature for conventional thermite. Numerous iron-rich spheres are clearly observed in the residue following the ignition of these peculiar red/gray chips. The red portion of these chips is found to be an unreacted thermitic material and highly energetic.” The images and data plots deserve careful attention.

Some observations about the production of this paper:

1. First author is Professor Niels Harrit of Copenhagen University in Denmark, an Associate Professor of Chemistry. He is an expert in nano-chemistry; current research activities and his photo can be found here:
http://cmm.nbi.ku.dk/
Molecular Structures on Short and Ultra Short Timescales
A Centre under the Danish National Research Foundation

The Centre for Molecular Movies was inaugurated 29th November 2005, at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. The Centre is made possible through a five year grant from the Danish National Research Foundation (see e.g. www.dg.dk). We aim to obtain real time “pictures” of how atoms are moving while processes are taking place in molecules and solid materials, using ultrashort pulses of laser light and X-rays. The goal is to understand and in turn influence, at the atomic level, the structural transformations associated with such processes.

The Centre combines expertise form Risø National Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, and the Technical University of Denmark in structural investigation of matter by synchrotron X-ray based techniques, femtosecond laser spectroscopy, theoretical insight in femtosecond processes, and the ability to tailor materials, and design sample systems for optimal experimental conditions.”

We understand that the Dean of Prof. Harrit’s college, Niels O Andersen, appears as the first name on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Bentham Science journal where the paper was published.

2. Second author is Dr. Jeffrey Farrer of BYU. http://www.physics.byu.edu/images/people/farrer.jpg

3. Dr. Farrer is featured in an article on page 11 of the BYU Frontiers magazine, Spring 2005: “Dr. Jeffrey Farrer, lab director for TEM” (TEM stands for Transmission Electron Microscopy). The article notes: “The electron microscopes in the TEM lab combine to give BYU capabilities that are virtually unique… rivaling anything built worldwide.” The article is entitled: “Rare and Powerful Microscopes Unlock Nano Secrets,” which is certainly true as regards the discoveries of the present paper.

4. Kudos to BYU for permitting Drs. Farrer and Jones and physics student Daniel Farnsworth to do the research described in the paper and for conducting internal reviews of the paper. Dr. Farrer was formerly first author on this paper. But after internal review of the paper, BYU administrators evidently disallowed him from being first author on ANY paper related to 9/11 research (this appears to be their perogative, but perhaps they will explain). Nevertheless, the paper was approved for publication with Dr. Farrer’s name and affiliation listed and we congratulate BYU for this. We stand by Dr. Farrer and congratulate his careful scientific research represented in this paper.

5. Perhaps now there will finally be a review of the SCIENCE explored by Profs. Harrit and Jones and by Drs. Farrer and Legge and their colleagues, as repeatedly requested by these scientists. We challenge ANY university or established laboratory group to perform such a review. This paper will be a good place to start, along with two other peer-reviewed papers in established journals involving several of the same authors:

Fourteen Points of Agreement with Official Government Reports on the World Trade Center Destruction

Authors: Steven E. Jones, Frank M. Legge, Kevin R. Ryan, Anthony F. Szamboti, James R. Gourley
The Open Civil Engineering Journal, pp.35-40, Vol 2
http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCIEJ/2008/00000002/00000001/35TOCIEJ.SGM

Environmental anomalies at the World Trade Center: evidence for energetic materials
Authors: Kevin R. Ryan, James R. Gourley, and Steven E. Jones
The Environmentalist, August, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10669-008-9182-4

6. James Hoffman has written three essays further explaining the implications and results of the paper. Thank you, Jim, for this work! http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/thermite/index.html

7. Important features of the research have been independently corroborated by Mark Basile in New Hampshire and by physicist Frédéric Henry-Couannier in France., proceeding from earlier scientific reports on these discoveries (e.g., by Prof. Jones speaking at a Physics Dept. Colloquium at Utah Valley University last year.) We understand that details will soon be forthcoming from these independent researchers.

Now read the paper for yourself, and let your voice regarding these discoveries be heard!
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocpj/openaccess2.htm then click on “Active Thermitic Materials Discovered…”

Direct page link: (D/L PDF at source…)
http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCPJ/2009/00000002/00000001/7TOCPJ.SGM

French professor sacked over 9/11 conspiracy theory

Aymeric Chauprade lost his job allegedly over the introduction to his latest book about political crises around the world, and more specifically, that the 9/11 attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. were an orchestrated “American-Israeli conspiracy”. The Defence Minister had strong objections to the material, so Aymeric had to go.

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French professor sacked over 9/11 conspiracy theory
27 February, 2009, 09:40