PepeLapiu
New Member
Hey guys. First post here. Well, the NIST claims that the fires were hot enough to melt aluminum. And the NIST also claims that what we see dripping from the tower could be molten aluminum.
My big problem with this is that it's simply impossible. Sure, the fires probably burned above the melting point of aluminum. But that is only part of the puzzle. For reasons I can explain later, you just can't melt aluminum into a liquid form in fire. You might melt it, but never to a liquid form.
You don't have to believe me. You can just try it yourself. Get a piece of aluminum and see if you can melt it into anything that can resemble a liquid.
Use a candle if you want. Or a wood fireplace. Or you could even buy a propane torch at Home Depot for less than 20$. The simple fast and the matter is that it's not possible to melt aluminum to a liquid form in an open flame fire.
So either NIST is outright lying about this. Or they are more clueless than a first year welder flunky. Which one do you think applies?
My big problem with this is that it's simply impossible. Sure, the fires probably burned above the melting point of aluminum. But that is only part of the puzzle. For reasons I can explain later, you just can't melt aluminum into a liquid form in fire. You might melt it, but never to a liquid form.
You don't have to believe me. You can just try it yourself. Get a piece of aluminum and see if you can melt it into anything that can resemble a liquid.
Use a candle if you want. Or a wood fireplace. Or you could even buy a propane torch at Home Depot for less than 20$. The simple fast and the matter is that it's not possible to melt aluminum to a liquid form in an open flame fire.
So either NIST is outright lying about this. Or they are more clueless than a first year welder flunky. Which one do you think applies?