Molten Metals, parte teh second...

[dutch508]

Nothing makes me happier than a 911 thread on DU, except a 911 thread on DU that is back for a sequil:

Nathan_Hale (52 posts)      Wed Mar-17-10 06:20 AM
Original message http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x284044
Molten Metals (Pt. 2)
 Since Molten Metals (Pt. 1) predictably degenerated into the typical side-tracking and name calling, I propose we try this again.

The question: What kept steel molten for weeks in the WTC rubble?



http://gcn.com/articles/2002/09/09/handheld-app-eased-r ...

"For six months after Sept. 11, the ground temperature varied between 600 degrees Fahrenheit and 1,500 degrees, sometimes higher."

Greg Fuchek, vice president of sales for LinksPoint Inc. of Norwalk, Conn: 'In the first few weeks, sometimes when a worker would pull a steel beam from the wreckage, the end of the beam would be dripping molten steel,' Fuchek said

From this statement we can deduce (1)'Sometimes' means this happened on more than one occasion and (2) If the end of a steel beam is glowing and dripping that a. That's why they called it 'molten' and b. It was steel.

So, What kept steel molten for weeks in the WTC rubble?

if you do the exact same shit, over and over again, and are suprised by the exact same result...   .... .....

The first reply is (pardon the pun) a real burn:

hack89 (1000+ posts)      Wed Mar-17-10 06:42 AM
Response to Original message
1. Fires that burned for weeks.
 the rubble pile was packed with thousands of tons of combustible materials.

Combustion products continued to be emitted from the debris pile in the ensuing months. Dust was "no longer part of the plume per se after about day three or four because the rains came and washed some of the dust and smoke away," Lioy said. What was left were smoldering fires.


http://pubs.acs.org/cen/NCW/8142aerosols.html 

That right there is gonna leave a mark on Nathan's grandkids.

and now for the mercy shot:

Bolo Boffin  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-17-10 10:31 AM
Response to Reply #1
2. Shortest thread ever? n/t

 
 

[JohnnyReb]

So steel drips at 1500 deg F....buy BOUNTY, the quicker picker upper you DUmmie.

The lord blessed us with DUmmies to bring a smile to our faces.....but I do believe he's over produced 'em the last few years.

[DumbAss Tanker]

The end of the girder would have to be in a 3,000 degree hot spot for that to happen, and at least a few feet of the the girder next to the melted area would be incandescently glowing in a shade of orange-yellow, but so brightly it would look more white and it would burn your retinas to be near it and look directly at it for more than a glance.  Utter BS.