Recipe for Making Super Thermite
August 5, 2009
One would expect that the U.S. government, the F.B.I., NIST, and other scientific institutions and technical universities around the United States would be racing to examine the evidence in order to find its origin. There are, after all, not that many companies or institutions that had the ability to manufacture nano-thermite in 2000-2001. While this material may have been made in the United States, it may have been made in Europe, for example in Germany where nano-technology is quite advanced, or elsewhere. Examining the elements and micro-structure of this material will give the best clues as to its origin.
Some of the red-gray chips of super-thermite found in the dust of the World Trade Center
NIST’s Gaithersberg campus has a huge state-of-the-art facility dedicated solely to nano-tech fabrication and research. Why has NIST not joined the effort to identify the origin of the nano-thermite chips found in the dust of the twin towers? Why is NIST ignoring the evidence of nano-thermite in the World Trade Center?
Michael R. Zachariah of the Maryland NanoCenter is affiliated with NIST and NASA, among others.
Dr. Michael Zachariah
Director, Center for NanoEnergetics Research
Director, Center for Nano Manufacturing and Metrology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Dear Dr. Zachariah,
As a journalist, I have investigated and written about the evidence of Thermite and super-thermite, i.e. nano-size thermitic material, in the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. As you are an expert on microcombustion and energetic nano-size materials, I would like to ask your opinion about the evidence of nano-thermite found in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
As you know, physical evidence of the exact form of super-thermite involved in the demolition of the twin towers has now been discovered, analyzed, and published. Dr. Steven E. Jones and 8 other scientists authored the paper, “Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9-11 World Trade Center Catastrophe,” published in March 2009 and available online in the Open Chemical Physics Journal:
I have also read with great interest your 2004 paper about “Enhancing the Rate of Energy Release from NanoEnergetic Materials by Electrostatically Enhanced Assembly.” http://www.enme.umd.edu/%7Emrz/pdf_papers/2004_Adv.Mat._electrostatic_energetic.pdf
Could you tell me if the chemical structure of the super-thermite found in the dust of the twin towers can be analyzed so that the process of its manufacture and possible origin could be discovered? Would it not be evident from the structure if a nano-thermite composite were made in the bi-polar coagulation process you discussed in your 2004 paper?
Would it be possible for a nano-tech expert like you to analyze the structure of the chips of bi-layered thermitic material and determine how it was created? I read that the Indian Head (Maryland) Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, was the “national center for energetics” in 1999 and “the only reliable source of aluminum nanopowders in the United States” and “probably the most prominent US center for nano-thermite technology.”
The Indian Head center for energetics is partnered with the University of Maryland, James Clark School for Engineering.
Would you be able to offer your expert advice and opinion on these important questions about what really happened to the twin towers on 9-11?
Thank you,
Christopher Bollyn
Director, Materials and Interface Nanotechnology Laboratory
Materials Science & Engineering
1110B Chem & Nuc Eng Bldg 090
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Dear Dr. Rabin,
As a journalist, I have investigated and written about the evidence of Thermite and super-thermite, i.e. nano-size thermitic material, in the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Recently, physical evidence of the exact form of super-thermite involved in the demolition of the twin towers has been discovered and analyzed. Could the chemical structure of this super-thermite be analyzed and the process of its manufacture and possible origin be discovered?
I have read that you are the director of the Materials and Interface Nanotechnology Laboratory at the University of Maryland and that you are an expert on the subject of “Nanosized Materials: Synthesis and Applications”, and teach this course to graduate level students. As an expert on nanosize materials, I would like to ask you about the evidence of nano-thermite found in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Dr. Steven E. Jones and 8 other scientists authored the paper, “Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9-11 World Trade Center Catastrophe,” published in March 2009 and available online in the Open Chemical Physics Journal:
Prof. Michael Zachariah of the Center for NanoEnergetics Research at the University of Maryland wrote a paper in 2004 about “Enhancing the Rate of Energy Release from NanoEnergetic Materials by Electrostatically Enhanced Assembly.”
See: http://www.enme.umd.edu/%7Emrz/pdf_papers/2004_Adv.Mat._electrostatic_energetic.pdf
Would it be possible for a nano-tech laboratory such as yours to analyze the structure of the chips of bi-layered thermitic material and determine how it was created? I read that the Indian Head (Maryland) Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, was the “national center for energetics” in 1999 and “the only reliable source of aluminum nanopowders in the United States” and “probably the most prominent US center for nano-thermite technology.”
The Indian Head center for energetics is partnered with the University of Maryland, James Clark School for Engineering, which is how I found out about your laboratory and email address. See: http://www.ih.navy.mil/news/par_new.asp
Would you be able to offer your expert advice and opinion on these important questions about what really happened to the twin towers on 9-11. Lastly, are you related to the famous Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin?
Thank you,
Christopher Bollyn
www.bollyn.com
Director, Co-Laboratory for Nanoparticle Manufacturing & Metrology
2181 Glenn L. Martin Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Dear Mr. Zachariah,
I would like to ask a few questions about the evidence of super-thermite (nano-thermite) in the dust from the World Trade Center.
Do you think nano-thermite may have been used to demolish the World Trade Center?
Do you think NIST was remiss to not have investigated for evidence of nano-thermite in the destruction of the towers?
See: Ryan, Kevin R. “The Top Ten Connections Between NIST and Nano-Thermites,” July 2, 2008
Do you know of any companies that may have access to nano-thermite, such as demolition companies like LVI, formerly of Gaithersburg?
Do you think the published evidence of nano-thermite in the dust found by Jones, Harrit, et al is compelling evidence?
Can I call you to discuss these subjects for an article for the international press?
Thank you,
Christopher Bollyn
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