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I wish to work on the philosophy of time. What are the important books I must read?

Page on pitt.eduAdams, Robert M., 1986, “Time and Thisness,” in French, P., Uehling, T., and Wettstein, H. (eds.),Midwest Studies in Philosophy (Volume 11: Studies in Essentialism), Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 315–329.Alexander, H.G. (ed. and trans.), 1956, The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence, Manchester: Manchester University Press.Aristotle, De Interpretatione, in Aristotle, The Complete Works of Aristotle, Princeton University Press, 1984.–––, Physics, in Aristotle, The Complete Works of Aristotle, Princeton University Press, 1984.Arntzenius, Frank, 2012, Space, Time, and Stuff, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Besson, Corine and Hattiangadi, Anandi, forthcoming, “The Open Future, Bivalence and Assertion,” Philosophical Studies.Bigelow, John, 1996, “Presentism and Properties,” in James Tomberlin (ed.), Philosophical Perspectives (Volume 10: Metaphysics), Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 35–52.Bourne, Craig, 2006, A Future for Presentism, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Bradley, F.H., 1893, Appearance and Reality, London: Swan Sonnenschein; second edition, with an appendix, 1897; ninth impression, corrected, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930.Coope, Ursala, 2001, “Why Does Aristotle Say That There Is No Time Without Change?”Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 101: 359–367.Dyke, Heather, 2002, “McTaggart and the Truth About Time,” in Craig Callender (ed.), Time, Reality and Experience, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Heather Dyke, 2005, “The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Time Travel,” Think, 3: 43–52.Earman, John, 1995, “Recent Work on Time Travel,” in Steven Savitt (ed.), Time's Arrows Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 268–310.Frischut, Akiko M., forthcoming, “What Experience Cannot Teach Us About Time,” Topoi.Godfrey-Smith, William, 1979, “Special Relativity and the Present,” Philosophical Studies, 36: 233–244.Haslanger, Sally, 1989a, “Endurance and Temporary Intrinsics,” Analysis, 49: 119–125.–––, 1989b, “Persistence, Change, and Explanation,” Philosophical Studies, 56: 1–28.–––, 1994, “Humean Supervenience and Enduring Things,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 72: 339–359.Hawley, Katherine, 2001, How Things Persist, Oxford: Oxford University Press.–––, 2006, “Critical Study of Four-Dimensionalism, by Theodore Sider,” Noûs, 40: 380–394.Heller, Mark, 1990, The Ontology of Physical Objects: Four Dimensional Hunks of Matter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Hinchliff, Mark, 1996, “The Puzzle of Change,” in James Tomberlin (ed.), Philosophical Perspectives (Volume 10: Metaphysics), Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 119–136.Kant, Immanuel, The Critique of Pure Reason, translated by Norman Kemp Smith, London: Macmillan, 1963.Keller, Simon, and Nelson, Michael, 2001, “Presentists Should Believe in Time-Travel,”Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 79: 333–345.Le Poidevin, Robin (ed.), 1998, Questions of Time and Tense, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Le Poidevin, Robin, and McBeath, Murray (eds.), 1993, The Philosophy of Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Lewis, David, 1986a, “The Paradoxes of Time Travel,” in Lewis, David, Philosophical Papers(Volume 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press.–––, 1986b, On the Plurality of Worlds, Oxford: Basil Blackwell.Markosian, Ned, 1993, “How Fast Does Time Pass?,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 53: 829–844.–––, 1994, “The 3D/4D Controversy and Non-present Objects,” Philosophical Papers, 23: 243–249.–––, 1995, “The Open Past,” Philosophical Studies, 79: 95–105.–––, 2003, “A Defense of Presentism,” in Dean Zimmerman (ed.), Oxford Studies in Metaphysics(Volume 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press.–––, forthcoming, “The Truth About the Past and the Future,” in Fabrice Correia, and Andrea Iacona (eds.), Around the Tree: Semantic and Metaphysical Issues Concerning Branching Time and the Open Future, Dordrecht: Springer.Maudlin, Tim, 2007, The Metaphysics Within Physics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Maxwell, Nicholas, 1985, “Are Probabilism and Special Relativity Incompatible?,” Philosophy of Science, 52: 23–43.McCall, Storrs, 1994, A Model of the Universe, Oxford: Clarendon Press.McTaggart, J.M.E., 1908, “The Unreality of Time,” Mind, 17: 457–73; reprinted in Robin Le Poidevin and Murray McBeath (eds.), The Philosophy of Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 23–34.Meiland, Jack W., 1974, “A Two-Dimensional Passage Model of Time for Time Travel,”Philosophical Studies, 26: 153–173.Mellor, D.H., 1998, Real Time II, London: Routledge.Miller, Kristie, 2005, “Time Travel and the Open Future,” Disputatio, 1(19): 223–232.Moss, Sarah, 2012, “Four-Dimensionalist Theories of Persistence,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 90: 671–686.Newton-Smith, W.H., 1980, The Structure of Time, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.Paul, L.A., 2010, “Temporal Experience,” The Journal of Philosophy, 107: 333–359.Price, Huw, 1994, “A Neglected Route to Realism About Quantum Mechanics,” Mind, 103: 303–336.–––, 1996, Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point: New Directions for the Physics of Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Prior, Arthur N., 1967, Past, Present, and Future, Oxford: Oxford University Press.–––, 1968a, “Changes in Events and Changes in Things,” in Arthur Prior, Papers on Time and Tense, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1–14.–––, 1968b, Papers on Time and Tense, Oxford: Oxford University Press.–––, 1970, “The Notion of the Present,” Stadium Generale, 23: 245–248.–––, 1976, “Thank Goodness That's Over,” in Arthur N. Prior, Papers in Logic and Ethics, London: Duckworth, pp. 78–84.–––, 1996, “Some Free Thinking About Time,” in Jack Copeland (ed.), Logic and Reality: Essays on the Legacy of Arthur Prior, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 47–51.Putnam, Hilary, 1967, “Time and Physical Geometry,” Journal of Philosophy, 64: 240–247.Quine, W.V.O., 1960, Word and Object, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.Rea, Michael C., 1998, “Temporal Parts Unmotivated,” The Philosophical Review, 107: 225–260.Rini, Adriane, and Cresswell, Max, 2012, The World-Time Parallel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Savitt, Steven, 2000, “There's No Time Like the Present (in Minkowski Spacetime),” Philosophy of Science (Supplementary Volume: Proceedings of the 1998 Biennial Meetings of the Philosophy of Science Association), 67: 5563–5574.Savitt, Steven (ed.), 1995, Time's Arrows Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Shoemaker, Sidney, 1969, “Time Without Change,” Journal of Philosophy, 66: 363–381.Sider, Theodore, 2001, Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press.–––, 1999, “Presentism and Ontological Commitment,” Journal of Philosophy, 96: 325–347.Sklar, Lawrence, 1974, Space, Time, and Spacetime, Berkeley: University of California Press.Skow, Bradford, 2009, “Relativity and the Moving Spotlight,” The Journal of Philosophy, 106: 666–678.–––, 2011, “On the Meaning of the Question ‘How Fast Does Time Pass?’,” Philosophical Studies, 155: 325–344.–––, 2012, “One Second Per Second,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 85: 377–389.Smart, J.J.C., 1949, “The River of Time,” Mind, 58: 483–494; reprinted in Antony Flew (ed.),Essays in Conceptual Analysis, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966, pp. 213–227).–––, 1955, “Spatialising Time,” Mind, 64: 239–241.–––, 1963, Philosophy and Scientific Realism, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.Smith, Quentin, 1993, Language and Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Stein, Howard, 1968, “On Einstein-Minkowski Space-Time,” Journal of Philosophy, 65: 5–23.–––, 1970, “A Note on Time and Relativity Theory,” Journal of Philosophy, 67: 289–294.Sullivan, Meghan, 2012a, “The Minimal A-Theory,” Philosophical Studies, 158: 149-174.–––, 2012b, “Problems for Temporary Existence in Tense Logic,” Philosophy Compass, 7: 43–57.Sullivan, Meghan, forthcoming, “Change we Can Believe In (and Assert),” Noûs.Swinburne, Richard, 1966, “The Beginning of the Universe,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Supplementary Volume), 50: 125–138.–––, 1968, Space and Time, London: Macmillan.Taylor, Richard, 1992, Metaphysics, 4th Edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.Thomson, Judith Jarvis, 1983, “Parthood and Identity Across Time,” Journal of Philosophy, 80: 201–220.Thorne, Kip S., 1994, Black Holes and Time Warps, New York: W.W. Norton.Tooley, 1997, Time, Tense, and Causation, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Torre, Stephen, 2011, “The Open Future,” Philosophy Compass, 6: 360–373.Van Inwagen, Peter, 1983, An Essay on Free Will, Oxford: Clarendon Press.–––, 1990, “Four-Dimensional Objects,” Noûs, 24: 245–255.Vihvelin, Kadri, 1996, “What Time Travelers Cannot Do,” Philosophical Studies, 81: 315–330.Weingard, Robert, 1972, “Relativity and the Reality of Past and Future Events,” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 23: 119–121.Williams, Donald C., 1951, “The Myth of Passage,” Journal of Philosophy, 48: 457–472.Yourgrau, Palle, 1999, Gödel Meets Einstein: Time Travel in the Göodel Universe, La Salle: Open Court.Zimmerman, Dean, 1996, “Persistence and Presentism,” Philosophical Papers, 25: 115–126.–––, 1998, “Temporary Intrinsics and Presentism,” in Peter van Inwagen and Dean Zimmerman (eds.), Metaphysics: The Big Questions, Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 206–219.–––, 2005, “The A-theory of Time, the B-theory of Time, and 'Taking Tense Seriously',” Dialectica, 59: 401–457.Zwart, P.J., 1976, About Time, Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co.

What is the real story of 9/11?

“So let us not speak falsely now, for the hour is getting late”—Bob Dylan9/11 FALSE FLAG PSYOP“No building exhibiting all the characteristics of controlled demolition has ever not been a controlled demolition.”~David Ray Griffin“For more than three months, structural steel from the World Trade Center has been and continues to be cut up and sold for scrap. Crucial evidence that could answer many questions about high-rise building design practices and performance under fire conditions is on the slow boat to China, perhaps never to be seen again in America until you buy your next car.“Such destruction of evidence shows the astounding ignorance of government officials to the value of a thorough, scientific investigation of the largest fire-induced collapse in world history. I have combed through our national standard for fire investigation, NFPA 921, but nowhere in it does one find an exemption allowing the destruction of evidence for buildings over 10 stories tall.”“Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the “official investigation” blessed by FEMA and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure. Except for the marginal benefit obtained from a three-day, visual walk-through of evidence sites conducted by ASCE investigation committee members-described by one close source as a “tourist trip”-no one’s checking the evidence for anything.”$ELLING OUT THE INVESTIGATION (January, 2002)$ELLING OUT THE INVESTIGATION | Fire EngineeringDid they throw away the locked doors from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? Did they throw away the gas can used at the Happyland Social Club Fire? Did they cast aside the pressure-regulating valves at the Meridian Plaza Fire? Of course nothttp://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-155/issue-1/departments/editors-opinion/elling-out-the-investigation.htmlSupplementary report made for FEMA by Therese McAllister, Jonathan Barnett, John Gross, Ronald Hamburger, Jon Magnusson. Chapter 2 … Appendix C, Limited Metallurgical Examination.“Two structural steel members with unusual erosion patterns were observed in the WTC debris field. The first appeared to be from WTC 7 and the second from either WTC 1 or WTC 2. Samples were taken from these beams and labeled Sample 1 and Sample 2, respectively. A metallurgic examination was conducted.Several regions in the section of the beam shown in Figures C-1 and C-2 were examined to determine microstructural changes that occurred in the A36 structural steel as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent fires. Although the exact location of this beam in the building was not known, the severe erosion found in several beams warranted further consideration. In this preliminary study, optical and scanning electron metallography techniques were used to examine the most severely eroded regions as exemplified in the metallurgical mount shown in Figure C-3. Evidence of a severe high temperature corrosion attack on the steel, including oxidation and sulfication with subsequent intragranular melting, was readily visible in the near-surface microstructure. A liquid eutectic mixture containing primarily iron, oxygen, and sulfur formed during this hot corrosion attack on the steel. This sulfur-rich liquid penetrated preferentially down grain boundaries of the steel, severely weakening the beam and making it susceptible to erosion. The eutectic temperature for this mixture strongly suggests that the temperatures in this region of the steel beam approached 1,000 °C (1,800 °F), which is substantially lower than would be expected for melting this steel.”This is evidence of Thermite Arson, however NIST never addressed this information.Limited Metallurgical ExaminationC.2 Sample 1 (From WTC 7) Several regions in the section of the beam shown in Figures C-1 and C-2 were examined to determine microstructural changes that occurred in the A36 structural steel as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent fires. Although the exact location of this beam in the building was not known, the severe erosion found in several beams warranted further consideration. In this preliminary study, optical and scanning electron metallography techniques were used to examine the most severely eroded regions as exemplified in the metallurgical mount shown in Figure C-3. Evidence of a severe high temperature corrosion attack on the steel, including oxidation and sulfication with subsequent intragranular melting, was readily visible in the near-surface microstructure. A liquid eutectic mixture containing primarily iron, oxygen, and sulfur formed during this hot corrosion attack on the steel. This sulfur-rich liquid penetrated preferentially down grain boundaries of the steel, severely weakening the beam and making it susceptible to erosion. The eutectic temperature for this mixture strongly suggests that the temperatures in this region of the steel beam approached 1,000 °C (1,800 °F), which is substantially lower than would be expected for melting this steel. Figure C-3 Mounted and polished severely thinned section removed from the wide-flange beam shown in Figure C-1. When steel cools below the eutectic temperature, the liquid of eutectic composition transforms to two phases, iron oxide, FeO, and iron sulfide, FeS. The product of this eutectic reaction is a characteristic geometrical arrangement that is unique and is readily visible even in the unetched microstructure of the steel. Figures C-4 and C-5 present typical near-surface regions showing the microstructural changes that occur due to this corrosion attack. Figure C-6 presents the microstructure from the center of a much thicker section of the steel that is unaffected by the hot corrosion. Figure C-7 illustrates the deep penetration of the liquid into the steel’s structure. In order to identify the chemical composition of the eutectic, a qualitative chemical evaluation was done using energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) of the eutectic reaction products. Figure C-8 illustrates the results of this analysis. Figure C-8 Qualitative chemical analysis. Summary for Sample 1 The thinning of the steel occurred by a high-temperture corrosion due to a combination of oxidation and sulfidation. Heating of the steel into a hot corrosive environment approaching 1,000 °C (1,800 °F) results in the formation of a eutectic mixture of iron, oxygen, and sulfur that liquefied the steel. The sulfidation attack of steel grain boundaries accelerated the corrosion and erosion of the steel. Sample 2 (From WTC 1 or WTC 2) The origin of the steel shown in Figure C-9 is thought to be a high-yield-strength steel removed from a column member. The steel is a high-strength lhttp://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/metallurgy/WTC_apndxC.htmDr. John L. Gross is a research structural engineer in the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) of the Fire Research Division (FRD) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Noitce that Gross is one of the names in the FEMA, Appendix C, Limited Metallurgical Examination.There is therefore no excuse whatsoever for NIST’s claim that there was no evidence of explosives or thermite arson.http://www.nist.gov/el/building_materials/jgross.cfmBlack’s Law Dictionary defines a conspiracy in US law as:A combination or confederacy between two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing, by their joint efforts, some unlawful or criminal act, or some act which is innocent in itself, but becomes unlawful when done by the concerted action of the conspirators, or for the purpose of using criminal or unlawful means to the commission of an act not in itself unlawful.Nano-thermiteA Nano-thermite or “super-thermite”[1] is a metastable intermolecular composite (MICs) characterized by a particle size of its main constituents, a metal and a metal oxide, under 100 nanometers. This allows for high and customizable reaction rates. Nano-thermites contain an oxidizer and a reducing agent, which are intimately mixed on the nanometer scale. MICs, including nano-thermitic materials, are a type of reactive materials investigated for military use, as well as for general applications involving propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics.What distinguishes MICs from traditional thermites is that the oxidizer and a reducing agent, normally iron oxide and aluminium, are in the form of extremely fine powders (nanoparticles). This dramatically increases the reactivity relative to micrometre-sized powder thermite. As the mass transport mechanisms that slow down the burning rates of traditional thermites are not so important at these scales, the reactions become kinetically controlled and proceed much more quickly.Nano-thermite - WikipediaNano-thermite or super-thermite is a metastable intermolecular composite (MICs) characterized by a particle size of its main constituents, a metal and a metal oxide , under 100 nanometers . This allows for high and customizable reaction rates. Nano-thermites contain an oxidizer and a reducing agent , which are intimately mixed on the nanometer scale. MICs, including nano-thermitic materials, are a type of reactive materials investigated for military use, as well as for general applications involving propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics . What distinguishes MICs from traditional thermites is that the oxidizer and a reducing agent, normally iron oxide and aluminium , are in the form of extremely fine powders ( nanoparticles ). This dramatically increases the reactivity relative to micrometre -sized powder thermite. As the mass transport mechanisms that slow down the burning rates of traditional thermites are not so important at these scales, the reaction proceeds much more quickly. Potential uses [ edit ] Historically, pyrotechnic or explosive applications for traditional thermites have been limited due to their relatively slow energy release rates. Because nanothermites are created from reactant particles with proximities approaching the atomic scale, energy release rates are far greater. [1] MICs or super-thermites are generally developed for military use, propellants , explosives, incendiary devices , and pyrotechnics . Research into military applications of nano-sized materials began in the early 1990s. [2] Because of their highly increased reaction rate, nanosized thermitic materials are being studied by the U.S. military with the aim of developing new types of bombs several times more powerful than conventional explosives. [3] Nanoenergetic materials can store more energy than conventional energetic materials and can be used in innovative ways to tailor the release of this energy. Thermobaric weapons are one potential application of nanoenergetic materials. [4] There are many possible thermodynamically stable fuel-oxidizer combinations. Some of them are: In military research, aluminium- molybdenum oxide , aluminium- Teflon and aluminium-copper(II) oxide have received considerable attention. [2] Other compositions tested were based on nanosized RDX and with thermoplastic elastomers . PTFE or other fluoropolymer can be used as a binder for the composition. Its reaction with the aluminium, similar to magnesium/teflon/viton thermite, adds energy to the reaction. [5] Of the listed compositions, that with potassium permanganate has the highest pressurization rate . [6] The most common method of preparing nanoenergetic materials is by ultrasonification in quantities of less than 2g. Some research has been developed to increase production scales. Due to the very high electrostatic discharge (ESD) sensitivity of these materials, sub 1 gram scales are currently typical. Production [ edit ] A method for producing nano scale, or ultra fine grainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-thermite_____________________________________Nano-thermate is produced by the sol-gel processThe sol-gel process is a wet-chemical technique used for the fabrication of both glassy and ceramic materials. In this process, the sol (or solution) evolves gradually towards the formation of a gel-like network containing both a liquid phase and a solid phase.In materials science, the sol-gel process is a method for producing solid materials from small molecules. The method is used for the fabrication of metal oxides, especially the oxides of silicon and titanium. The process involves conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution (sol) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel) of either discrete particles or network polymers. Typical precursors are metal alkoxidesSol–gel process - WikipediaMethod for producing solid materials from small molecules In materials science , the sol–gel process is a method for producing solid materials from small molecules. The method is used for the fabrication of metal oxides , especially the oxides of silicon (Si) and titanium (Ti). The process involves conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution ( sol ) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel ) of either discrete particles or network polymers . Typical precursors are metal alkoxides . Stages in the process [ edit ] Schematic representation of the different stages and routes of the sol–gel technology In this chemical procedure, a " sol " (a colloidal solution) is formed that then gradually evolves towards the formation of a gel-like diphasic system containing both a liquid phase and solid phase whose morphologies range from discrete particles to continuous polymer networks. In the case of the colloid , the volume fraction of particles (or particle density) may be so low that a significant amount of fluid may need to be removed initially for the gel-like properties to be recognized. This can be accomplished in any number of ways. The simplest method is to allow time for sedimentation to occur, and then pour off the remaining liquid. Centrifugation can also be used to accelerate the process of phase separation . Removal of the remaining liquid (solvent) phase requires a drying process, which is typically accompanied by a significant amount of shrinkage and densification. The rate at which the solvent can be removed is ultimately determined by the distribution of porosity in the gel. The ultimate microstructure of the final component will clearly be strongly influenced by changes imposed upon the structural template during this phase of processing. Afterwards, a thermal treatment, or firing process, is often necessary in order to favor further polycondensation and enhance mechanical properties and structural stability via final sintering , densification, and grain growth . One of the distinct advantages of using this methodology as opposed to the more traditional processing techniques is that densification is often achieved at a much lower temperature. The precursor sol can be either deposited on a substrate to form a film (e.g., by dip-coating or spin coating ), cast into a suitable container with the desired shape (e.g., to obtain monolithic ceramics , glasses , fibers , membranes , aerogels ), or used to synthesize powders (e.g., microspheres , nanospheres ). [1] The sol–gel approach is a cheap and low-temperature technique that allows the fine control of the product's chemical composition. Even small quantities of dopants, such as organic dyes and rare-earth elements , can be introduced in the sol and end up uniformly dispersed in the final product. It can be used in ceramics processing and manufacturing as an investment casting material, or as a means of producing very thin films of metal oxides for various purposes. Sol–gehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol-gelTHERMATE AS EXPLOSIVEA Nano-thermite or “super-thermite” is a metastable intermolecular composite (MICs) characterized by a particle size of its main constituents, a metal and a metal oxide, under 1 micrometre. This allows for high and customizable reaction rates. Nano-thermites contain an oxidizer and a reducing agent, which are intimately mixed on the nanometer scale. MICs, including nano-thermitic materials, are a type of reactive materials investigated for military use, as well as for general applications involving propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics.Patent from 1996: US1996068478119960722 (July 22, 1996) Legal status (INPADOC) of US5885321 – US F 68478196 A (Patent of invention) PRS Date: 1997/07/22 -PRS Code: AS02 – EFFECTIVE DATE: 1996/07/15Abstract of US5885321“Fine aluminum powders are prepared by decomposing alane-adducts in organic solvents under an inert atmosphere to provide highly uniform particles selectably sized from about 65 nm to about 500 nm and believed particularly effective as fuels and additives, in pyrotechnics, and in energetic materials including composites, super thermite, and other explosives.Clearly researchers were describing methods of preparing nano sized particles, using them in superthermite, and calling such material “explosive” in 1997. It would therefore not be logical to assert that by 2001, four years later, they would be unable to utilize the material in demolition. Once the nano thermite had been developed one would expect that over time various modifications using additives would be developed for different purposes. For example there is strong evidence that sulphur was incorporated (see appendix C of the FEMA report). Sulphur has the effect of lowering the melting point of steel. The term thermate is applied to such material. Other chemicals can be added to generate gas and thus produce an effect more like a conventional explosive.”“Researchers can greatly increase the power of weapons by adding materials known as superthermites that combine nanometals such as nanoaluminum with metal oxides such as iron oxide, according to Steven Son, a project leader in the Explosives Science and Technology group at Los Alamos. “The advantage (of using nanometals) is in how fast you can get their energy out,” Son says. Son says that the chemical reactions of superthermites are faster and therefore release greater amounts of energy more rapidly… Son, who has been working on nanoenergetics for more than three years, says that scientists can engineer nanoaluminum powders with different particle sizes to vary the energy release rates. This enables the material to be used in many applications, including underwater explosive devices… However, researchers aren’t permitted to discuss what practical military applications may come from this research.” (Gartner, John (2005). “Military Reloads with Nanotech,” Technology Review, January 21, 2005;How MIT Decides)“We have developed a new method of making nanostructured energetic materials, specifically explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics, using sol-gel chemistry. A novel sol-gel approach has proven successful in preparing metal oxide/silicon oxide nanocomposites in which the metal oxide is the major component. By introducing a fuel metal, such as aluminum, into the metal oxide/silicon oxide matrix, energetic materials based on thermite reactions can be fabricated. Two of the metal oxides are tungsten trioxide and iron(III) oxide, both of which are of interest in the field of energetic materials. In addition, due to the large availability of organically functionalized silanes, the silicon oxide phase can be used as a unique way of introducing organic additives intothe bulk metal oxide materials.These organic additives can cause the generation of gas upon ignition of the materials, therefore resulting in a composite material that can perform pressure/volume work. Furthermore, the desired organic functionality is well dispersed throughout the composite material on the nanoscale with the other components, and is therefore subject to the same increased reaction kinetics. The resulting nanoscale distribution of all the ingredients displays energetic properties not seen in its microscale counterparts due to the expected increase of mass transport rates between the reactants. The synthesis and characterization of iron(III) oxide/organosilicon oxide nanocomposites and their performance as energetic materials will be discussed.” (Clapsaddle BJ, Zhao L, Gash AE, et al. Synthesis and characterization of mixed metal oxide nanocomposite energetic materials. UCRL-PROC- 204118, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Livermore, Ca; 12 May 2004)“We have previously prepared pyrotechnic and explosive composites based on thermite reactions whose fuel and oxidizer constituents are intimately mixed on the nanometer-sized scale […]” B. J. Clapsaddle et al., “Formulation and Performance of Novel Energetic Nanocomposites and Gas Generators Prepared by Sol-Gel Methods,”~Clapsaddle 2005.“Solubility” also occurs during the reactive stage of the thermate conflagration. Solvents can be benzine based, acetone based, or polymer based in a sol-gel produced product such as the materials discovered by Jones-Harrit.Solubility RulesIn order to predict whether a precipitate will form in a reaction, the solubility of the substances involved must be known. There are rules or guidelines determining solubility of substances. If a …http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Equilibria/Solubilty/Solubility_RulesActive Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center CatastropheNiels H. Harrit*,1, Jeffrey Farrer2 , Steven E. Jones*,3, Kevin R. Ryan4 , Frank M. Legge5 , Daniel Farnsworth2 , Gregg Roberts6 , James R. Gourley7 and Bradley R.Abstract:We have discovered distinctive red/gray chips in all the samples we have studied of the dust produced by the destruction of the World Trade Center. Examination of four of these samples, collected from separate sites, is reported in this paper.These red/gray chips show marked similarities in all four samples. 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.https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOCPJ/TOCPJ-2-7.pdfWhy is this information on NanoThermite so important? Because the only source for these materials in from US weapons labs. Therefore, the presence of this material in the aftermath of the WTC collapses is solid undeniable proof that the buildings were destroyed by demolition.Thus, it was a military industrial operation, ie; an “Inside Job”\\][//

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