Something interesting I found, about diamagnetic material.  Might prove usefull to someone...




From: OnTheCuttingEdge2005

Subject: Bismuth/Pyrolytic Carbon foil Laminates, Diamagnetics.    onthecutting...

Hello.
I'm a researcher who would like to inquire about very thin foil sheets of Bismuth.
The Bismuth sheets must be less than 1/128th of an inch.
The second Material to Inquire is less than 1/128th of an inch of Pyrolytic Carbon foil sheets.
If these two materials are in stock I would like to receive information of volume and pricing.
These materials are for special research in Bismuth/Pyrolytic Carbon laminates for the use in Highly Diamagetic field studies. These two materials when Laminated in multi layers achieve above normally high Diamagnetic material at room temperature normally only seen in Superconductors. Although the Superconductivity is not presently seen in this material the Diamagnetic fields are exceptional when all the Pyrolytic Carbon sheets are oriented unidirectional as a laminate with the Bismuth sheets.
Research.
Gerald L.Blakley

Gerald,
 
you will find pyrolytic graphite sheets (PGS) of desired thickness at the Panasonic Electronic Components,
 
http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/electronic-components/protection/pyrolytic-graphite-sheet.aspx

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/includes/pdf/PGS_Brochure.pdf
 

Bismuth sheets can be found here:

http://www.americanelements.com/bifoil.html

http://www.thomasnet.com/upstate-new-york/bismuth-foil-30700306-1.html
 
 
Gwandau

Thank you, not sure if I personaly want them, but thanks. I'm sure someone does.

ace569er,
 
I obviously failed to distinguish your own message from the quote you added,
but as you politely indicate, there may be someone interested in the information anyway.
 
An interesting fact is that Bismuth becomes a semiconductor when deposited in sufficiently thin layers on a substrate,
and will reach anomalously high resistivity peaks at certain electromagnetic frequencies, unlike any other known metal.
 
Gwandau