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New composites for the 21st century

Posted by tonemaniac (A) on September 16, 2007 at 11:27:15

Now we have access to small quantities of interesting, unusual nanomaterials.... how long will it be before resins and composites are discovered or invented that have unique properties ? I'm working on one right now to be injected into AC plugs, receptacles, and similar gadgets... her's my theory about the sonic differences we hear, there are two fundamental factors, one is raw conductivity, anything made with thick silver buss bars will be a heck of a lot more conductive than things made with cheap, impure brass which is probably recycled from junk metals filled with unknown oxides, carbides, intermetallics, ferro metals, bits and chunks of carbon, wastes, slags, etc... and the other factors, where much of the voodoo and mystyfication arises, is high frequency acoustic resonances which are modified by metal platings?? If you take the contact prongs out of your Oyaide and clink them together (assuming you have any high frequency hearing left after iPod) you will hear a very plangent, musical "plink"... I would be fairly sure that this is the fundamental of a series of ultrasonic harmonics that are exited by micro-vibrations, such as caused by the inductance of an amplifier drawing current... in that sense, the combination of metallurgy, geometry, and platings are making an electrical equivalent of a Tchang Resonator... sooooo.... (and we will soon enough have the answer to this question) what will happen if we make nano-resins which can powerfully absorb and dissipate these ultrasonics ? If the tines go from prettily ringing along in sympathy with the current draw to a velvet silence of stealth hardware ? Will another curtain of information be drawn back to reveal yet a deeper plane of hidden information ? Do we reach the point where we have squeezed the last available drop of data out of the recording, after which all that reamins is the hissing of atomic motion ?

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