New theory explains collapse of Twin Towers- Aluminium and water explosions

[Magda Hassan]

And this from a metals market trade magazine who doesn't quite buy the official line either (my bolding) :

Previous conspiracy theories about the collapse have been debunked by Popular Mechanics and others, who maintain the "fact" that weakened steel beams were the culprit. Although the burning jet fuel was not hot enough to melt steel, it reportedly did the necessary damage: "Steel loses about 50 percent of its strength at 1100°F," senior engineer Farid Alfawak-hiri of the American Institute of Steel Construction told Popular Mechanics. "And at 1800° it is probably at less than 10 percent."Some commenters, however, prefer to remain wary of Simensen's conclusions. One in particular noted that combining iron oxide (rust) with molten aluminum (Fe3O2 + Al = 2Fe + Al2O3) yields a compound called thermite, which is the same substance other theorists have "suspected to have been used in the controlled demolition of the towers."
Whether this new theory puts anything to rest is up for debate. What's certain is that not having closure on the exact cause of the explosions 10 years after 9/11 just like not having a completed memorial museum or Freedom Tower borders on unacceptable.
Taras Berezowsky

http://agmetalminer.com/2011/09/23/new-t...-aluminum/