Re: Re: IRC
Richard Marsden (marsden@andreas.wr.usgs.gov)
Fri, 28 Jul 1995 16:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
> Huh... I think your thinking of a *super-conductor* which work
> only at very low temps allowing the e-'s to travel along thin
> paths of no resistance: because if they were any hotter they bounce
> right off the no resistance path. Normal metals' resistance goes
> down as the temp goes up because more e-'s fly off the atoms: if
> it got hot enough you get plasma: a soup of electrons and other stuff.
Really?????
I've seen plots of resistance for metals - the resistance drops
with drecreasing temperature. Then there's a jump as it becomes
superconducting.
Light bulbs for instance (which can be used as a kind of simple thermal
regulator).
Of course, you can make termistors which work both ways...
Back to CP: What of the chances of finding CP in Washington,Canada/Alaska?
I guess Drosera are the only likely candidates?
Richard