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To: Real Man who wrote (101683)	5/11/2001 6:14:41 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

there are also plastics -- maybe not as high temp -- have to go back and read the articles -- if they can get reasonably high temp there will be niche applications. None of these are going to do anything for an energy crisis ...

To: Real Man who wrote (101683)	5/11/2001 8:33:54 PM
From: Tom M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Vi do you work in the field or just follow it closely (you obviously had details handy)? Do you like any particular co's involved? thanks in advance, Tom

To: Real Man who wrote (101683)	5/11/2001 9:19:42 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

first high temp sc were some kind of cuprates (sp) and were ceramic -- I know this. I think the upshot of what the articles I posted to you indicate that there are probably a number of materials undiscovered yet which will exhibit SC -- probably the application closest to being useful in the electrical generation area is superconductor storage systems -- this is a main drawback to electrical systems in general -- has to be generated as it is consumed. Superconducting storage systems aren't going to be a huge boon, but may turn out to be a nice niche application, but I don't think you'll ever find SC wires used for T&D lines SCs are neat, but to date there really aren't any killer apps -- love for someone to correct me if I'm wrong (mag lev trains are definitely just a niche, IMO), but I haven't heard of any -- my guess is that when an application does come along it will be in the electronics area and not electrical gen or transmission ... I remember in my quantum mechanics class ('87) an impressive demonstration where a little disk was levetated into the air and just floated until the disk heated back up and dropped -- fun stuff --