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To: ShadowAce

Slightly confused here.... aren’t insulators used to separate conductors? What good is a material that conducts, as an insulator?


7 posted on 05/14/2015 11:34:28 AM PDT by Fireone (Impeach and imprison, NOW! Treason and murder are still crimes.)
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To: Fireone

“Slightly confused here.... aren’t insulators used to separate conductors? What good is a material that conducts, as an insulator?”

“It goes far beyond what ordinary matter can do”


8 posted on 05/14/2015 11:36:40 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Fireone
Yeah--that's what they're trying to say--that this new state of matter does both at the same time.

Not sure how, myself. They seem opposite properties to me.

9 posted on 05/14/2015 11:37:57 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Fireone

“Slightly confused here.... aren’t insulators used to separate conductors? What good is a material that conducts, as an insulator?”

Think of a switch. When off, the air insulates the lightbulb from the voltage.

When on, it conducts.

Now think of semi-conductors. Normally insulates but with an applied voltage, become ‘switch on’.

Now think of a ‘wire’ that is an insulator that when pressure is applied becomes ‘switched on’.

Only now that ‘wire’ is a superconducting wire!


10 posted on 05/14/2015 11:41:31 AM PDT by TexasGator
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