On 11/9/05, caonmail <caonmail@mweb.co.za> wrote:
>
> > The Casimir effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect is a
> > consequence of this. (Read it - much easier to understand and may give
> > you ideas ;-) ). Crudely - if you take two metal plates and bring them
> > VERY close to each other you exclude certain quantum variations in the
> > space between the plates compared to the space outside it, with the
> > effect that they are driven together with immense force.
> > All you have to do is
> >     1. work out how to harness this force
> >     2. Work out how to get the plates apart again :-)
>
>
> So according to this theory steel companies must have a hellish time
> separating stacks of sheet metal plates.

If you have a stack of PERFECTLY FLAT(1) sheets in vacuum, yes.

Bill

(1) or at least close enough...

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