NIST Claims Molten Steel In The Wreckage Was Due To Long Term Combustion Within The Debris Pile
Molten Metal Was Observed Before, Shortly After, And Long After The Twin Towers Destruction
World Trade Center 7 Debris Pile
World Trade Center Debris Field Distribution
NIST Claims The World Trade Center Towers Fires Were Not Hot Enough To Melt Steel
Active Thermitic Material Has Been Discovered in The World Trade Center Dust
13. Why did the NIST investigation not consider reports of molten steel in the wreckage from the WTC towers?
NIST investigators and experts from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEONY) - who inspected the WTC steel at the WTC site and the salvage yards - found no evidence that would support the melting of steel in a jet-fuel ignited fire in the towers prior to collapse. The condition of the steel in the wreckage of the WTC towers (i.e., whether it was in a molten state or not) was irrelevant to the investigation of the collapse since it does not provide any conclusive information on the condition of the steel when the WTC towers were standing.
NIST considered the damage to the steel structure and its fireproofing caused by the aircraft impact and the subsequent fires when the buildings were still standing since that damage was responsible for initiating the collapse of the WTC towers.
Under certain circumstances it is conceivable for some of the steel in the wreckage to have melted after the buildings collapsed. Any molten steel in the wreckage was more likely due to the high temperature resulting from long exposure to combustion within the pile than to short exposure to fires or explosions while the buildings were standing.
Source: http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm
Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20060901070319/http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm
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