AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] New Airport X-Rays Scan Bodies, Not Just Bags

[Franz Schönhofer]

When looking for former contributions to RADSAFE I found this message, which
I intended to answer but had forgotten to do so.

To answer your question about my qualifications there are two points:

1) I am a chemist by profession (with a PhD, not a technician, though as you
observed correctly I do not like to be addressed with a title!), who turned
into a radiochemist.

2) Shortly before the discussion there was a programme at a German TV
station, where this question was addressed. The German federal research
institute for explosives definitely stated, that it was not possible to
produce an explosive by mixing two liquids on board an airplane. They
demonstrated, how to produce an explosive (I do not remember the name) from
two liquids, about a liter each. This included carefully controlled reaction
under intensive cooling under usual laboratory condition in glass
instruments, constant stirring over night, filtering and finally drying the
precipitate. They also showed by exploding it, that the power of it was very
weak. You still believe that this all can be done at the toilet of an
aircraft?????

With best regards,

Franz

Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
MinRat i.R.
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Wien/Vienna
AUSTRIA


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag
von LNMolino at aol.com
Gesendet: Samstag, 03. März 2007 02:35
An: radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: Re: AW: [ RadSafe ] New Airport X-Rays Scan Bodies, Not Just Bags

 
 
In a message dated 3/2/2007 7:22:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
franz.schoenhofer at chello.at writes:

The  latest story about the liquids attempted to produce explosives on the 
airplane  as published in Great Britain has since led to some chaos at
European  
airports, of which I was many times affected last year. Women had to discard

their very expensive perfumes, children had to discard their
Coke, tooth  paste, hand moisturing cremes etc. etc. had to be discarded. 
After the  control, big signs advertised, that all parfumes, beverages,
tooth 
pastes,  cremes etc. could be paid at the shops in this  area......

Mr. Schoenhofer (as you seemingly would prefer to be address I hope I  
spelled it right and that you are acceptable to this salutation?)

 
In respect to the above comment I'd like to know YOUR qualifications in the

area of binary (or more) chemical explosives? 
 
Thank you.
 
Louis N.  Molino, Sr., CET
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