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Large Scale Production Systems The History of arc/vapor methods.
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Alternate Uses for Colloidal Gold
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It is a known fact, in physics research for instance, that very small metal particles may take on super conductive properties under the right conditions. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/gallery/superconductor/super.html - The pairs of electrons created by this process are widely known as Cooper pairs and the theory upon which their existence is based was named BCS theory in honor of its developers. Most of the superconductors that are believed to be governed by BCS theory are metals and metalloids that show some conductivity at room temperature. If you study the up and coming nano-tech revolution (yes, it is lots of hype for sure only today that hype brings money to good research as well as bad) you may find colloidal gold in one form or another to be nested within more than one nano-tech field of research. These are important points of development in gold nano-technology : 1.The growth of gold nano-wires, yes, gold wires just a few atoms wide!. 2.Superconducting transistors circuits, also a few atoms wide. 3.Superconductive Cooper-paired gold atomic clusters known as G-orme. While there is much more, I offer these ideas only as an introduction to the possible uses of colloidal gold or related to production methods of colloidal gold, platinum and palladium. What we make here is unique in that we do not require a chemical bond or transition to derive our product form. These are undisturbed gold particles just floating around in water. Such a thing is more difficult than it seems though ultimately easy enough to provide concentrations of 100ppm for a reasonable price Especially if you compare chemically derived noble metal colloids and the limitations with chemical cocktails. Certainly a high concentration colloidal gold has applications for individuals that require the processing of gold toward some objective or result that may find processes derived from what we offer may be far less expensive than other options available. I have personally derived what appears to be superconductive gold clusters starting with a colloidal gold base. Here is a photo of gold clusters clinging to a strong neodymium hard drive magnet. Notice how they gather on the special N pole in the center of the magnet. It should be understood that these magnets are specially designed for hard drive read/write heads and are polarized N in the center, S on the two outer range limits for reasons of head positioning. |
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Pictured from the left to right is my first precipitation of colloidal gold after being annealed. The magnet was passed over the annealed sample and a large percentage was lifted and bound to this N pole at the center of the magnet. This was achieved by adding a mild acid to colloidal gold and then adjusting the ph until I had a precipitate. I dried the precipitate and then annealed it to red hot in the open air. I tried this again, only instead of the large gold clusters you see in the photos above, I had a much more refined brown product with the same properties. In either test, I found these results of interest as I had obviously not broken the gold down into a high salt gold chloride as is prescribed in the Hudson Patent for making G-orme. Apparently some percentage of my samples had achieved a cooper paired state or it could be that sodium itself may be acting as a superconductive or diamagnetic residue. Could it be that the fine colloidal particles allowed a chemical change undetected by the crude means employed here to indicate chemo-kinetic activity? |
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This is my second go at the same
process. The photo on the right is 40x magnification to show
the fine grain structure to the material. The brown is a
result of the gold clusters in this sample. The first sample was annealed on a stainless steel spatula while the second one was annealed on a platinum spatula to rule out any ferrous metal contamination. Is this proof of super-conduction at room temperature? It fits the profile, though more research would have to be done before we can know exactly why this odd magnetic response is happening. This does, however, support the list of possible uses I have sited that deal with nano-tech and possible electronic applications that have yet been unrealized by industry! In electro-dynamics the potential uses for a superconductive capacitor or a new application in conventional electrical engineering could open doors for technologies that would seem like magic to use today! What can you do with colloidal gold? What is it good for? Check the research side on new experiments like this: Buy some and muck around with it! For any person with a little creativity the uses are endless and a new industrial application could be your next accidental discovery.
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All content and photos copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007,2008 Karl Reinhart of The Shekinahguild. |
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