SiC is also interesting to apply as part of a high temperature semiconducter substrate to catch the free electrons and convert them to directly to electricity. See also the patent application of Anthony Zuppero<http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument;jsessionid=61E16476CB3D5C93F80CEC6C02A88F4D.espacenet_levelx_prod_0?CC=US&NR=2014034116A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=&date=20140206&DB=&&locale=en_EP> ,
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The high sublimation temperature of SiC (approximately 2700 °C) makes it > at the high end of the insolating ceramic operating temperature range.. > Silicon carbide does not melt at any known pressure. It is also highly > inert chemically. > > Its high thermal conductivity, high electric field breakdown strength and > high maximum current density make it most promising any type of LENR > reaction. > > SiC also has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion (4.0 × 10-6/K) > and experiences no phase transitions that would cause discontinuities in > thermal expansion. > > On the downside, In the 1980s and 1990s, silicon carbide was studied in > several research programs for high-temperature gas turbines in Europe, > Japan and the United States. The components were intended to replace nickel > superalloy turbine blades or nozzle vanes. However, none of these projects > resulted in a production quantity, mainly because of its low impact > resistance and its low fracture toughness. > > Silicon carbide is used in high temperature kilns such as for firing > ceramics, > > Silicon carbide is an important structural material in TRISO-coated fuel > particles, the type of nuclear fuel found in high temperature gas cooled > reactors (such as the Pebble Bed Reactor). A layer of silicon carbide gives > coated fuel particles structural support and is the main diffusion barrier > to the release of fission products. > > My belief is, if it can handle fission of U235, it should handle LENR. > >
