Re: Asteroid Problem

["John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>]

At 12:17 AM 9/1/01 -0700, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> One needs to find a violation of the "Wiedemann-Franz ratio" for materials
> i.e. high tensile modulus, low shear.

Huh?  I've lost track of what question we are trying to answer, but even so
I'm pretty sure this isn't the answer.

1) The Wiedemann-Franz law says high electrical conductivity implies high
thermal conductivity.
  http://www.princeton.edu/~npo/Wiedemann.html

2) There is no law of that name, or any other name, relating tensile
strength to shear or torsion properties.  Reason:  People have for >>3000
years known how to make _rope_.  When many small fibers are bound together
the tensile strength grows linearly while the stiffness grows much less.

3) If you want to violate the real Weidemann-Franz law in a big way, use a
_superconductor_.  The W-F law is basically a statement that whatever
carries charge carries entropy.  That's great for unpaired electrons, but
the superfluid carries beaucoup charge while carrying no entropy whatsoever.