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- From: samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Handling Antimatter
- Message-ID: <samw.728078623@bucket>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:03:43 GMT
- Article-I.D.: bucket.samw.728078623
- References: <1993Jan15.143419.18253@cs.ucf.edu> <Jan.18.12.41.59.1993.2294@cadenza.rutgers.edu> <1jq5hfINNs5n@mirror.digex.com>
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- prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes:
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- >Is it possible instead of using Buckminsterfullerene to contain an
- >antiproton to use tetrane (C4H4 ) or cubane (C8H8)? given the lower
- >dalton numbers, the enerfy density would be real high. also
- >given that these molecules are less stable, it should be easier
- >to liberate the energy when needed.
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- Far too easy, I'm thinking. All these ideas for chemically-caged
- antimatter amount to nuclear _primary_ explosives. If we ever
- get to where we can make this in bulk I expect it would be too
- hazardous to use as a high-energy-density material, even in a
- bomb! Very _very_ dilute, it might be useful in the laborato
- or as `bottled muons' for catalyzed fusion.
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- samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden) -- and not a mere Device.
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