The chain of logic: Magnetic field > reduced heat flow at given temp > less input required to maintain internal heat > stable temp at lower input > net gain when temp is in threshold range with minimal input
This is another piece of the puzzle. It is looking more and more like there is a narrow range of temperature where the magic happens... at least in the dogbone type of reactor. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton In the March 23 issue of the journal Nature Materials, they describe how a magnetic field roughly the size of a medical MRI reduced the amount of heat flowing through a semiconductor by 12 percent. The study is the first ever to prove that acoustic phonons—the elemental particles that transmit both heat and sound—have magnetic properties. http://phys.org/news/2015-03-landmark-magnets.html
