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Originally posted by GreatWyrm of Babylon@Sep 6 2003, 01:42 AM
A plane hitting the side of a reinforced building is a different matter. Both have heavy structural members and how easy is it to tell reinforced aluminum from reinfored steel? Since the damage is limited to a much smaller area due to the strenght of the building that means that the kenetic energy that is released over time is mush greater. The heat that would be released only several blocks in an urban area, was all released in hundreds of yards. This means that the tempurature reaches were potentially increased by the same factor that the distance was reduced. |
Just nitpicking but wouldn't Steel would slight magnetic and Aluminium not?
And also, there are many chemical tests to tell to the difference as they have different valency and react differently...