Not buying it. The plumbing lines were severed on more than one floor allowing water to gush everywhere. Besides, has anyone bothered to tell him that at high temps aluminum burns.
Like I said, it wasn’t the aluminum that was the problem. It was the thousands of gallons of jet fuel and the damage done by a 100 ton jet aircraft slamming into the building.
Yes, but aluminum and water add a LOT of additional energy, and can help trigger aluminum combustion.
Once upon a time (in my yout'), I worked one summer at a firm that sold logging equipment, part of which were chainsaws. They also repaired chainsaws. Chainsaw chassis are largely aluminum. This was "out in the sticks", so they burned their trash "out back". Cardboard boxes, wood pallets, etc. I occasionaly had to "stand guard duty" with a hose to keep the fire from spreading to the grass. What I "didn't" know was that there were several discarded chain saw chasis among the trash. I managed to hit one of those hot chainsaw bodies with a stream of water, and it went off like a magnesium flare. The aluminum had NOT previously been burning until hit with the water, but once ignited it continued to burn....spectacularly.
In a nutshell, his theory makes a LOT of sense.
Not buying what? That the Aluminum aided in the collapse, or that the aluminum was the entire cause?
The plumbing lines were severed on more than one floor allowing water to gush everywhere.
And the author states what happens when you mix burning aluminum and water.
Besides, has anyone bothered to tell him that at high temps aluminum burns.
Wasn't that his point? Do you know what a thermite charge is, and what the principal component of it is?
P.S. Were you aware that at the right temperature, ICE burns?