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Re: Nuclear Isomer Decay: A Possibility for Breakthrough Space
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- Subject: Re: Nuclear Isomer Decay: A Possibility for Breakthrough Space
- From: "John R. Laferriere 671-8316" <John.R.Laferriere@dupontpharma.com>
- Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 09:09:16 -0500 (EST)
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I thought a radiometer operated by converting radiant energy to thermal
energy (preferentially heating the blackened side of the vanes), which then
was transfered to gas molecules within the partially evacuated bulb, which
then "kicked" off the blackened side with more force than the gas molecules
bouncing off the white sides of the vanes. It seems more like conversion of
radiant energy to thermal energy to kinetic energy (of gas molecules initially)
rather than just a transfer of momentum.
John Laferriere, CHP
john.r.laferriere@dupontpharma.com
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