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Scotch tape to polywell rescue?

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:01 am
by Stubby

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:20 pm
by DeltaV
Duct tape is The Way.

Re: Scotch tape to polywell rescue?

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:26 pm
by paperburn1
scotch tape also allows you to look through frosted glass if placed on the frosted side...Superpower!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:08 pm
by happyjack27
...and you can cancel that order for liquid nitrogen. you won't be needing it anymore.

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/42 ... -found-in/

just curious if this maintains its superconductivity under high mechanical stress. and if not, if it could be altered some way so that it would.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:58 pm
by Betruger
These guys hypothesise that the water dopes the graphite surface with hydrogen and this plays some role in linking the grains together. This, they say, explains the superconductivity and why pressing grain breaks the bonds between them. [...] it's hard to imagine that superconducting grains will be of much use in the long term so physicists will want to find a way of reproducing the effect in a bulk material--along a wire, for example.

So there's plenty of work ahead. [...] the implications and rewards are potentially huge, which adds a modicum of extra incentive.

Esquinazi and co are clearly aware of this. They finish their paper like this: "The overall results indicate that room temperature superconductivity appears to be reachable and that the here used or similar methods may pave the way for a new generation of superconducting devices with unexpected benefits for society."

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:47 am
by MSimon
DeltaV wrote:Duct tape is The Way.
The official name for the tape according to the US Navy is HP Tape. HP for high pressure. 10 psi rated.

Them Navy guys have a funny sense of humor.

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:04 am
by DeltaV
AKA "200 mph" tape by NASCAR types.