Method and apparatus to facilitate superconductivity by exciting a material at its resonant frequency of molecular vibration

US5340795A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Daniel A. Boehnen · Northbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 1992
• Grant date: Aug 23, 1994
• Expiry date: May 22, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S505/884

Abstract

Improved methods, apparatus, and compositions for achieving superconductivity are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are based upon applying an external driving force, i.e., either an electrical current or a magnetic field, at a predetermined frequency. The predetermined frequency is chosen to equal one or more of the resonant frequencies of the molecular vibration of the atoms which provide conductivity to the material. The compositions of the invention require a continuous bridge or network of electrically compatible atoms between the opposite poles of the electrical pathway. Another aspect of the invention provides a method for determining the resonant frequency of molecular vibration, i.e., the frequency at which the external driving force should be applied. In this aspect of the invention, the composition is exposed to one or more sources of electromagnetic energy which radiate at known frequencies. The response of the composition to the various frequencies of radiation is measured and compared. The frequency at which the material exhibits the sharply increased response is designated a resonant frequency of the material.