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Originally Posted by SallyRand
These conspiracy assholes can't even get the name of the chemical substance right which they "think" (If that can be called "thinking"!) was used to bring down the WTC!
They meant "Thermite", by the way. Of course what caused the fire was a form of kerosene, otherwise known as jet fuel and lots of it but don't try to argue with them; they know they are right!
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actually they meant thermate and you don't know what you are talking about..
Thermate is a variation of thermite and is an incendiary pyrotechnic composition that can generate short bursts of very high temperatures focused on a small area for a short period of time. It is used primarily in incendiary grenades.
The main chemical reaction in thermate is the same as in thermite: an aluminothermic reaction between powdered aluminium and a metal oxide. In addition to thermite, thermate also contains sulfur and sometimes barium nitrate, both of which increase its thermal effect, create flame in burning, and significantly reduce the ignition temperature[1] Various mixtures of these compounds can be called thermate, but to avoid confusion with thermate-TH3, one can refer to them as thermite variants or analogs. The composition by weight of Thermate-TH3 (in military use) is 68.7% thermite, 29.0% barium nitrate, 2.0% sulfur and 0.3% binder (such as PBAN). As both thermite and thermate are notoriously difficult to ignite, initiating the reaction normally requires supervision and sometimes persistent effort.