Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:49:38 GMT, "Amanda Angelika"
<manic_mandy@hotmail.com> licked the point of a #2 Yellow Pencil, and
wrote:

In news:Xns97EA553D9CA9Fthathillbillyyahooco@130.133.1.4,
John Griffin <thathillbilly@yahooie.com> typed:

[...]

Taking you seriously, how thick would a coat of your "thermite
anti-corrosion paint" need to be on an inch-thick steel beam to
raise the temperature of interior of the beam by one hundredth of
a degree?  (You said something earlier about the laws of physics,
so you should enjoy figuring that out.)

I couldn't tell you the exact amount, but what tends to happen in thermite
reactions from what I've seen and read is it creates such a high temperature
that fairly small quantities once combined with molten steel tends to burn
holes clean through fairly thick steel. One imagines it would also have a
tendency to destroy welds in overlapping joints to since molten steel and
thermite would very likely build up in those areas. Obviously that should be
enough to cause a catastrophic collapse.

I've never seen so much hand-waving and purveying of bad information.
Do you just pull this shit out of your asa just before you post?

ITEM: 1. Because of the sheer size of the building, the support 
girders were *not* solid I beams. They were in a lattice pattern;
strong enough to do the job, but not solid.

ITEM: 2. Steel can be softened at the relatively low temperature of
1100 degrees F. or less. Thermite is not requuired. Melting is not
required. The inegrity of steel can be compromised at temperatures 
well below those required to melt it, or even make it glow.

Learn a little science before making asinine statements about
conspiracies.



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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish.  
The wicked sometimes rest.

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