The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428641.700-the-power-of-cool-whatever-became-of-starlite.html?full=true
(Free registration required ... access for a few days only).
In 1990 Maurice Ward demonstrated on BBC's "Tomorrow's World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4nnLP--uTI
a coating which he painted onto an egg, which
resisted a blowtorch ... after a few minutes the egg was still runny.
Subsequent tests at various Government and
University labs -- including lasers and arc lamps -- confirmed its efficiency.
But Ward never revealed the "secret sauce" --
which he called "gubbins" -- and used confusing
and ever-changing pseudo-scientific terms to describe it.
"During negotiations, Ward would ask for £1
million pounds one day, then £10 million the
next, [corporate atty Greenberg] says".
He was interviewed in 2009 by the UK The Daily Telegraph newspaper
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/5158972/Starlite-the-nuclear-blast-defying-plastic-that-could-change-the-world.html>
** Lots of detail there **
Ward died in 2011 ... and it's not presently
clear that the "secret sauce" recipe has been preserved.
(lenr.qumbu.com -- analyzing the Rossi/Focardi
eCat -- and the defkalion hyperion -- Hi, google!)
