In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: http://www.cosmicpenguin.com/911
The October 9, 1980 issue of _Electronics_ magazine carried an article titled "Superconductivity at room temperature reported by Air Force researcher". Fred W. Valhdiek, a materials research engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio, subjected titanium boride to extremely high pressure, and created crystals that were superconducting at room temperature (after removal from the press). He was awarded U.S. Patent 4,349,636 for this in 1982. I talked with him by phone several times over the years since then. He denied that he was given a piece of superconducting material from the Roswell saucer (which was said to have been taken to Wright-Pat) and asked to duplicate it; he said he was just looking for improved high-temperature material for turbine blades. He said he clamped four TiB crystals together in a square and used a magnetic field to create a persistent current. Later he said that he was able to create (very stiff) wire out of the material, and made a ring of it that carried a persistent current. The persistent currents have lasted for months. The material remains superconducting in a magnetic field of 1,000,000 gauss. He's had a number of companies interested in it, but none of them has met his demand of $10,000,000 up front and a major share of the profits, without which he won't release any of the material, although he will allow people to bring their own equipment to his home and test his samples. The details of the manufacturing process are not revealed in the patent (which has expired by now). He said the U.S. government isn't interested in it. He said he talked with EPRI. The last time I spoke with him was June 2003. This ridiculous situation has been going on for twenty-five years! It would really be nice if someone with money could reach an agreement with this man before he shuffles off to the next world, taking the secret with him (if he hasn't already). His e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 02:50:05PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>http://www.theenergyguy.com/USEnFlow00-quads.pdf > >Thanks for bringing this graphic to my attention, Jed. >It continues to astonish me to realize the actual percentage of >energy wasted just trying to get to the final destination. > >Makes me hope that affordable room temperature superconductivity >might soon be around the corner. >Steven Vincent Johnson
