http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/tfrs/v1i18-508.pdf - - - Updated - - - How hot do ordinary carbon fires burn?
In the case you cite, there were no temperatures hot enough to cause metal to glow or melt. where is the evidence of anything that produces sufficient heat to cause what was observed at ground zero?
so the excuse is that in a confined space, the temperatures will rise above the normal combustion temperatures of the fuel being consumed? is that it?
Are you attempting to promote the argument that a KILN is capable of increasing the temperature of a fuel source that without said "KILN" would be incapable of reaching the temperature? Temperatures are what they are and steel will not melt from prolonged exposure to lower temperatures, only high enough temperatures to do the job. at no point in the links to references about land fill fires, is there mention temperatures that could melt steel. The bottom line here is that in order to have the result that was observed in the case of the destruction of WTC 1,2 & 7 there had to have been an additional source of energy present, something that was not only added, but had focus so as to guarantee the total demolition of all three buildings.
Wow man, is that all you have? Can you make a specific reference to a point of data that refutes what I posted about Kiln(s)? Do you get it, that is the temperatures that were present in the WTC tower(s) & 7 were hotter than could be expected of fires that were of the nature of the fires in the skyscrapers, that is not force fed air, and so burning at finite lower temperatures than the melting point of steel. However, there is evidence in the rubble, that iron & steel had been melted. so how was that done? this is NOT "argument from incredulity" this is examine the evidence!
Prove this claim is true. Otherwise you are just arguing from incredulity. As stated. What temperature could be expected? How much hotter were the temperatures present? Show your math.
The "looking up" does not provide any data as to the increase in temperature to be had using a fixed combustion temperature fuel. the ONLY way to get elevated temperatures in a gas fired kiln is to force feed the fire with lots of air. What do you have as any special INFORMATION do you have on this subject?
Should I be acquainted with this bit of technology? the bottom line here is that you are NOT going to get the temperature elevation without a fire that is force fed air. So how is it that the WTC fires got a force feed of air, and in a focused & consistent manner such to produce the result?
Then kindly explain the examples you were given of underground compost fires, trash pile fires melting metal and coal mine fires.
I thought you might be acquainted with it. Kiln's are very common. Many schools have them. They are used to bake ceramics. And yes they generate enormous heat without force feeding air. Much like the fire's which burned under the rubble for weeks.
I'm not the one asserting that a Kiln can operate at temperatures in excess of the combustion temp of the fuel used to heat it.