Moin Chris, Mea culpa. Too much coffee, and too many s's. Try this URL
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/suslick/britannica.html Knuke Zell, Chris wrote: > I googled "Ken Susslick" but nothing came up. I did wonder about the > idea of getting an extremely fine powder squashed against a conductive > wall > by spinning a tank of the stuff. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Huffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:09 AM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: The Aluminium Battery > > Zell, Chris wrote: > >>Holy crap - and I thought 40% efficiency from the zinc air battery was > > >>lousy. >> >>Can a battery be made outta stuff that's highly reactive? Like >>aluminum and bromine? >> >>I guess that's the limiting factor with chemical batteries - heat. I >>wonder if there's any way to reduce the heat output while pushing more > > >>electrons? > > > Moin Chris, > > Check out Ken Susslick's work with NiMH at the U of Chicago. He was > making some pretty outrageous claims for his micropowders. Last I > looked, he had not yet made any deals with a manufacturer, but that may > have changed. It looks like some of the manufacturers are beginning to > come up with solutions to the electrode problems. That may have been > what was hindering the progress with Susslick, I don't know. > > Knuke > > Knuke > >
