Dumas' claim did ring a bell. Remember the Casimir boiler of Horace Heffner? He actually suggested alumina.
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/CasimirBoiler.pdf If nothing else, this was an idea that should have been tried ... possibly with Raney nickel and high pressure argon, which is known to form pseudo crystal structures at high pressure. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton >> Kinda reminds me of this guy: >> >> Jean-Christophe Dumas. > > Oops, forgot the link: > > http://www.rexresearch.com/dumas/dumas.htm > > I don't get it. He is making steam from electrical current, so where is the > Casimir effect? Dunno, it popped up on the right when I watched your photon maker. His videos were in French; but, I don't think he is pronouncing dumbass correctly. Humor aside, I think you might find this interesting: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.6364
