Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nuclear psub?

["Warrend Greenway" <dub@linuxmail.org>]

Cool! What I read was chicken wire. I'm guessing steel would be best since
it would corrode as fast as aluminum, but window screen is a very interesting
idea. The only real problem is that I don't remember if it was microbes that
did the building, or if it was simply the minerals being attracted to the wire.
I'm trying to dig up the info I had. I'll tell you if I find anything.

Warren.

> 
> On Monday, Jan 6, 2003, at 20:59 US/Central, Warrend Greenway wrote:
> 
> > If you had a thermodynamic sub (running on those pressure/temp 
> > differentials) you could filter
> > precious metals out of the water. It has been done, but the ship drank 
> > more diesel then the
> > gold was worth. But the way, has anyone else heard about building a 
> > structure out of wire mesh
> > and running current through it to cause a solid hard calcium structure 
> > (shell like in nature)
> > to form in the shape of the wire mesh? I have heard that this has been 
> > done succesfully in lab
> > experiments. Can anyone verify this?
> 
> No, but please give me enough details to get myself into trouble! I 
> have no idea what it's good for, but this sounds cool. Outdoors water 
> is mostly stiff around these parts, but my well water is pretty hard 
> and I'd love to see what would happen! Are you talking chicken wire 
> here -- or more like aluminum window screen? I'm filling the bathtub 
> right now!
> 
> 
> David
> buchner@wcta.net
> Osage, MN, USA
> http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
> 

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