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Hot booze turns material into a superconductor
Physorg ^
| January 11, 2011
| Lin Edwards
Posted on 01/11/2011 6:07:37 AM PST by epithermal
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Japanese scientist who "likes alcohol very much" has discovered that soaking samples of material in hot party drinks for 24 hours turns them into superconductors at ambient temperature.
The scientist, Dr. Yoshihiko Takano of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan, made the discovery after a party, soaking samples of a potential superconductor in hot alcoholic drinks before testing them next day for superconductivity. The commercial alcoholic beverages, especially wine, were much more effective than either water or pure alcohol.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: huh; superconductivity; superconductor; superconductors; tech
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It isn't clear from the article that the material is superconductive at ambient temperature, so I'm skeptical.
To: epithermal
The kamikaze works well - but only one time!
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:09:27 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Diogenesis
ping... did you see this one?
To: epithermal
turns them into superconductors at ambient temperature.
That's a misprint. I'd bet my fortune on it.
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:12:09 AM PST
by
ZX12R
To: ZX12R
Hmmm ~ Doughnuts!!!!
Or, maybe immortality is conferred with a concoction derived from dandelions and mud.
Eventually these guys will figure out that under the right conditions red ochre and mead can be blended to produce superconductors that power bio-supercomputers we'd previously overlooked somewhere.
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:25:15 AM PST
by
muawiyah
To: epithermal
Hot booze works on a lot of people that way.
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:28:46 AM PST
by
GBA
(Not on our watch!)
To: muawiyah
Or, maybe immortality is conferred with a concoction derived from dandelions and mud.
Hmmm...wine or immortality. That's a tough choice for dandelion usage.
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:29:08 AM PST
by
ZX12R
To: epithermal
This man is now being looked upon as the real father of super conductivity:
Seen here with his other associates at the Italian Swiss Colony research facilities.
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:40:10 AM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(God bless the United States of America and protect her from the enemies of freedom.)
To: epithermal
It is plausible and no big suprise. It has long been known that combinations of some alcohols, salts, acids etc can have a catalytic effect on other materials and processes. It’s like saying that long term heating of vegetables in lightly salted water can miraculously result in vegetable soup.
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:55:06 AM PST
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: 2banana
I know if you add alcohol to me I develop a strange attraction to members of the opposite sex.
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posted on
01/11/2011 6:57:23 AM PST
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: epithermal
The scientist, Dr. Yoshihiko Takano of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan, made the discovery after a party, soaking samples of a potential superconductor in hot alcoholic drinks before testing them next day for superconductivity. The commercial alcoholic beverages, especially wine, were much more effective than either water or pure alcohol.I'm glad they found a good use for warm saki. Drinking the stuff wasn't it.
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posted on
01/11/2011 7:04:23 AM PST
by
magslinger
(Samuel Colt, feminist. Making women equal to men for over 150 years.)
To: RJS1950
Not really plausible. Superconductivity has a specific kind of meaning and while immersing something in liquid does improve its conductivity because of factors like ionic conduction, it seems implausible that the kind of superconducting state found in known materials using known processes is generated by this method. More detailed research should bear out what’s happening.
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posted on
01/11/2011 7:07:12 AM PST
by
garbanzo
(You better hold on; This one's about to get bumpy.)
To: garbanzo
This is why I should read the article (and comments) first. The superconducting transition temperature was 7.8K, nowhere near room temperature. The headline is really bad.
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posted on
01/11/2011 7:11:15 AM PST
by
garbanzo
(You better hold on; This one's about to get bumpy.)
To: epithermal
To me room temperature superconductivity is a lot like cold fusion; I’ll beleive it when I see it work. Until then it is just another professor looking for grant money.
To: epithermal
Good thing he doesn’t work at a nuclear plant. I bet the plutonium would help heat up party drinks nicely!
To: Lurker
Please don’t tell us what you are attracted to when you are sober.
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posted on
01/11/2011 7:30:23 AM PST
by
Ronin
("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
To: RightOnTheBorder
Hey! That booze he is using in the experiments is expensive!
Probably needs thorough tasting, I mean TESTING, too!
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posted on
01/11/2011 7:32:11 AM PST
by
Ronin
("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
To: epithermal
A better explanation here: http://www.dailytech.com/Various+Alcohols+Shown+To+Make+Various+Improvements+on+Specific+Superconductor/article20628.htm
To: epithermal
Oh man, now you took all the fun out of it. *\;^) Thanks!
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posted on
01/11/2011 1:58:50 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
To: epithermal; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ...
I figured it had to do with the researcher having swilled too much hot booze before conducting his research.
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posted on
01/13/2011 3:56:33 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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