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#1 2004-08-25 15:22:51
- Rxke
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Re: Door open for silicon replacement - SiC instead of Si gives a lot of scope
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu … 36.stm]BBC
Heat resistant, radiation proof... When I read the article, my first thoughts (of course) were the possibilities this opens for deep-space hardware.
And whaddayaknow? Last sentence in the article says just that! :up:
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#2 2004-08-26 09:50:33
Re: Door open for silicon replacement - SiC instead of Si gives a lot of scope
I read a similar article some time ago about http://www.eetimes.com/at/hpm/news/OEG2 … 0005]using diamons in semiconductors.
Anyway, there is a major difference in the these two studies. Diamonds are extreme good heat conductors, high voltage electrical insulators and also very good for high frequency devices. I think the two studies could complement eachother.
Waht? Tehr's a preveiw buottn?
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#3 2004-08-30 00:34:05
- Shaun Barrett
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Re: Door open for silicon replacement - SiC instead of Si gives a lot of scope
The first thing I thought of, when I saw the operating temperature of up to 650 deg.C, was Venus.
What if we could construct a rover which needs no insulation and no refrigeration to operate on Venus at ambient temperatures of about 460 deg.C?!
This latest materials science development may give us the super-tough computer we'll need, but what of the sensors, transmitters, and the drive mechanism for the rover? Can they be designed to tolerate Venusian conditions also?
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#4 2004-08-30 10:15:52
- Rxke
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Re: Door open for silicon replacement - SiC instead of Si gives a lot of scope
/Resonating deep voice:/
Diamontoid-based nanomachines!
Well, Chris from http://www.jetpress.org/volume13/Nanofactory.htm]CRN still believes it will be possible within a decade, who knows?
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#5 2004-08-30 22:43:21
- Shaun Barrett
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Re: Door open for silicon replacement - SiC instead of Si gives a lot of scope
Holy moley, Rik! 
That's not a website, that's an encyclopedia on nanotechnology! 
Can you summarise the main points in 25 words or less? ??? :laugh:
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