Isomers: New way to generate energy

[blobrana]

Hum,
nothing new...

A bit like getting `free` energy from a fridge. you are just extracting the heat from excited atoms, by pumping gas around two containers.

In this case you are just tapping into the free energy from excited atomic states...in this case its not the electron spin states; its the proton spin, that store the energy and release it , by some `trigger`...so it can really should be described as a sort of battery...

[bjjones37]

Cymric wrote:
Err. I. no. can. do. in. sim-ple. words. But I can try to do it in slightly more complex ones :-).

All fundamental particles have a property known as spin. Spin is basically the way such a particle revolves on its axis, although you have to keep in mind .

That was a fun read. :-) Been awhile since I read Scientific American.

[Dandy]

gizz72 wrote:
This looks really bad. :-( Russia is upgrading their weapons, by 2005 they'll have one operational.
:nervous:
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Regards,

Gizz

What's so upsetting with that?
Did the Russians moan when the US upgraded their nuclear weapons?
Remember that Russia - the former Soviet Union - has a lot of old weapons - and its only natural that old, unsafe weapons are replaced by newer ones step by step.

[T_Bone]

Dandy wrote:

gizz72 wrote:
This looks really bad. :-( Russia is upgrading their weapons, by 2005 they'll have one operational.
:nervous:
-/edit-

Regards,

Gizz

What's so upsetting with that?
Did the Russians moan when the US upgraded their nuclear weapons?
Remember that Russia - the former Soviet Union - has a lot of old weapons - and its only natural that old, unsafe weapons are replaced by newer ones step by step.

I'd be happy if they could just *find* the old ones!  :lol:

[blobrana]

Hum,
yeah,
if i remember correctly there's about 51 `lost` bombs, mostly American.
Couldn't find a weblink though to confirm that...
But  wikipedia have a few listed in amongst the `accidents`...

(watch out for the long list)

[gizz72]

Greetings,

What's so upsetting with that?
Did the Russians moan when the US upgraded their nuclear weapons?
Remember that Russia - the former Soviet Union - has a lot of old weapons - and its only natural that old, unsafe weapons are replaced by newer ones step by step.

@dandy
The more powerful explosions and, of course, after effects of post nuclear scenarios that is upsetting. :nervouse:

Even if you manage to survive, you'd still die from radiation, freak weather/climate change et al.

@T-bone
Yup, those 'leaky' missles they've probably hiding.. er are missing is also one cause of alarm. I thought Saddam has them? :lol:

Regards,

Gizz

[PMC]

blobrana wrote:
Hum,
yeah,
if i remember correctly there's about 51 `lost` bombs, mostly American.
Couldn't find a weblink though to confirm that...
But  wikipedia have a few listed in amongst the `accidents`...

(watch out for the long list)

Jeez!  That's bloody frightening!  

The scariest part was reading about the many near misses that occurred, including the crash of a B47 bomber into an N bomb bunker at Lakenheath in Suffolk, which is about 50 miles from my home.  Sources described it as "miraculous" that nothing exploded, which would have scattered radioactive material for miles.

The other one that caught my eye was the plumber who cross-connected a 3000 gallon radioactive water storage tank with the water supply in a nuclear plant (including the water fountain).  It would be something straight out of the Simpsons if it wasn't so serious.