World Trade Center controlled demolition conspiracy theories: Difference between revisions

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Several studies made by NIST also showed that temperatures were relatively low. A paint study shows that neither perimeter nor core columns were exposed to temperatures exceeding 615°C for longer than 15 minutes and mostly temperatures were below 250°C.<ref name=NIST_P3Mechanical>{{cite web| last =| first =| year = 2004| url = http://wtc.nist.gov/media/P3MechanicalandMetAnalysisofSteel.pdf| title = Analysis of Structural Steel - presentation by Frank W. Gale, NIST| format = pdf| publisher = NIST}}</ref> Furthermore the simulation data in the NIST report indicates that the temperature of the steel was falling at the time of collapse.

In April 2007, a gasoline fire weakened a steel reinforced bridge span to the point of collapse in the San Francisco Bay area. {{fact}}

===Thermite hypothesis===