US - LIKES THE CANADIAN GRAPHITE - EH ? Why is USA so strung on Canadian Graphite ?
Batteries ?
I don't buy it.
Silica + Carbon Computing Chips / Electrodes ?
Getting warmer.
Yes.... but could it be something many have overlooked ?
DoD - Military ?
Armory Shielding, sure.
But.... what if it's more like this ?
https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-pin-down-graphites-magnetism/
Graphite Magnets and Levitation.
Yeah... i wouldn't dismiss this idea at all.
Would be right up their alley.
Light Graphite, Super Strong, Levatation.
Pyrolytic Graphite Levitation
Magnets affect materials in one of three ways, attraction, non-attraction (neutral) and replusion. Diamagnetism refers to an objects weak repulsion from an magnetic field. There are no poles connected with diamagnetism. The north pole of a magnet repels the material just as well as the south pole. Just like a north pole of a magnet will attract iron just as well as the south pole. Graphite is diamagnetic.
Pyrolytic graphite is 10000X more diamagnet than most common diamagnetic materials such as water. Thin slices of pyrolytic graphite are extremely light and can be made to levitate. The closest thing to a perfect diamagnetic material is a superconductor however superconductors still require liquid nitrogen to become superconductive. Whereas pyrolytic graphite can levitate at room temperature.
https://www.imagesco.com/magnetism/graphite-levitation-kit.html
Yeah.... makes sense.
i could see DoD wanting graphite for levatation applications + super conductors.
Air transportation levatation + high speed commuter lev trains - dumbs ( underground )
Silly Mason,
i'll bet they only thought - battery markets.
Just look at the range of possibilities with carbon + graphite.
Sure hope GEM knows what they have.
Cheers...
m