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To: wideminded
I suppose the molten metal around the cars must be aluminum. It melts at 1221 F.

Or body seam filler, of a tin solder alloy. I have some for doing body panel work, it's a non-lead substitute that melts at half that of aluminum, maybe around 600 F. Hit it with a butane or propane torch and it easily flows into puddles like that in the picture. But those pictures show evidence that those cars experienced extremely hot temperatures that could easily melt aluminum as you say. Interesting to see the tire steel strands left over after the rubber tires vaporized.

43 posted on 08/15/2015 9:00:06 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat

Looks like melted solder I scrape up from beneath my workstation but I think it’s the alloy car wheels.


48 posted on 08/15/2015 9:11:53 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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57 posted on 08/15/2015 10:23:42 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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