>From Terry, > http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/thermopower-waves-0308 > > <excerpt> > > "A previously unknown phenomenon > > In the new experiments, each of these electrically and thermally > conductive nanotubes was coated with a layer of a reactive fuel that > can produce heat by decomposing. This fuel was then ignited at one end > of the nanotube using either a laser beam or a high-voltage spark, and > the result was a fast-moving thermal wave traveling along the length > of the carbon nanotube like a flame speeding along the length of a lit > fuse. Heat from the fuel goes into the nanotube, where it travels > thousands of times faster than in the fuel itself. As the heat feeds > back to the fuel coating, a thermal wave is created that is guided > along the nanotube. With a temperature of 3,000 kelvins, this ring of > heat speeds along the tube 10,000 times faster than the normal spread > of this chemical reaction. The heating produced by that combustion, it > turns out, also pushes electrons along the tube, creating a > substantial electrical current. "
Additional Excerpt: "After further development, the system now puts out energy, in proportion to its weight, about 100 times greater than an equivalent weight of lithium-ion battery." Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
