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Superconductor of Heat
A light metal that accepts heat applied to its surface, and then dissipates the energy throughout the material, leaving the temperature of the material unchanged. (Read the full article)
| "Niven uses a superconductor of heat earlier, in Ringworld. There a strip of superconductor cloth is run from a lake to a target for sunflowers, who end up boiling the lake and creating a cloud cover so our heros can safely cross the sunflower field.
The cloth is also a superconductor of electricity, and Niven never makes the distinction. It's possible that at the time he didn't realize there was one.
" (AJWM 3/30/2005 7:04:46 PM ) |
| "I think that material is from Ringworld Engineers, published almost thirty years after the original novel.
Niven also refers to room-temperature superconductors in his 1970 novel Ringworld." ( 4/18/2007 5:14:24 PM ) |
| "No offense, but i suggest adding a facebook like button for the blog!" (Sue 11/30/2011 1:23:56 AM ) |
| "You're probably right." (Bill Christensen 11/30/2011 5:06:28 AM ) |
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