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ELECTRET

Electret a piece of insulating or dielectric material whichhas been heated and specially cooled to provide dipolardomains and thus possess an overall fixed dipolarity. It isthe electrical analogy of a permanent magnet. Instead ofopposite magnetic poles the electret has opposing electricalpoles of trapped opposite charges. As a result, there exists afixed static potential between the two opposite charges ofthe dipolar electret.

Because of the opposite charges and the electrostatic scalarpotential, several characteristics come into play.

(1) By the proven asymmetry of opposite charges, thiselectrical dipole must continuously absorb virtual EMenergy from the vacuum and re-emit the energy asobservable EM energy output (for a broken symmetry,something virtual must become observable). Since the EMenergy output of the electret is that electrostatic scalarpotential, then the potential must be an ongoing outflow of

EM energy.

(2) That "static" potential presented with a sort of "frozenwaterfall" analogy in CEM/EE theory actuallycorresponds to an "unfrozen waterfall" analogy, asbeautifully presented by Van Flandern. The staticpotential is comprised of internal parts in continuousmotion; these parts are combined longitudinal and scalarphoton pairs. At any point, the scalar potential (the voltagedifference) between the electrets dipolar ends iscontinuously being established and replenished by the

ongoing EM energy flow.

(3) Corresponding to Van Flandern's analogy, Whittakershowed in 1903 that every scalar potential decomposes into

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sets of internal EM energy flows in the form of bidirectionallongitudinal EM wave pairs. Hence Van Flanderns analogyis correct and the standard EM textbook is wrong, as to thenature of a static potential. Indeed, every static EM fieldor potential decomposes into just such sets of internalenergy flows, as shown by combining two papers by

Whittaker in 1903 and 1904.

(4) The EM energy flow comprising the static potentialoccurs both in space and time. Classical EM essentiallyignores the time aspects, but they can be gathered fromquantum field theory. In quantum field theory, not only arethere longitudinalphotons, but also there are time-polarizedor "scalar" photons. Neither the longitudinal photon nor thescalar photon is individually observable. However, thecombination of the two produces voltage that is, the scalarelectric potential. Said another way, any voltage (scalar

potential) must decompose into the flow of such photonpairs. From the wave view, the scalar potential decomposesinto ongoing flow of longitudinal and time-polarized EMwave pairs. If we include the time-polarized waves inaddition to the longitudinal waves, then from the vacuum'svirtual state fluctuation energy the electret's dipolarityproduces an observableset of ongoing EM energy flows.This observable energy flow set is comprised of bothlongitudinal EM waves and time-polarized EM waves incombination, thereby making "voltage" thus creating andcontinuously replenishing that scalar potential between the

electret's dipole. For that reason, a so-called static voltage,applied to a circuit, will easily flow throughout the circuit.Supposedly a scalar concept, it nevertheless demonstratesvector flow characteristics.

(5) As a dipole, the electret is already a system whichextracts virtual state energy from the vacuum and transducesit into real, observable EM energy pouring steadily from thedipolarity. This process, evidenced by the steady presence ofthe potential, totally violates the present hoary old secondlaw of thermodynamics because it steadily producesnegative entropy. Instead of the "truly frozen static"potential taught in CEM/EE theory, the static potential is anonequilibrium steady state (NESS) system. It iscontinuously producing negative entropy (absorbing thetotally disordered virtual state fluctuation energy of thevacuum, re-ordering it, coherently integrating it toobservable (quantum) size, and then re-emitting the energyas real observable EM energy flow).

(6) Hence the electret (as is any dipolarity) is a physicalexample of a real electromagnetic system exhibiting thecontinuous negative entropy production behavior showntheoretically possible by Evans and Rondoni.

(7) For proper understanding of the electret and the dipole,

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Leyton geometry is required rather than the more limited1872 Klein geometry presently used. Klein geometryessentially omits all such negative entropy operations,while Leyton geometry includes them automatically.

(9) In classical EM and electrical engineering, it is not

commonly recognized that there is no such thing as anisolated charge. Indeed, a so-called isolated charge isengaged in an ongoing energetic exchange with itssurrounding virtual state vacuum. Itpolarizesits vacuum,producing opposite virtual charges surrounding it. So theisolated charge is actually a special kind of electret, andthus a dipolarity, once its vacuum polarization activity isaccounted.

(10) In modern physics the classical finite charge isactually composed of an infinite bare charge surrounded

by an infinite charge of opposite sign in the seethingvacuum. Our instruments, peering through this externalFaraday screen at the bare charge inside, will see andmeasure a finite difference of the two infinite charges, withthe sign of the internal infinite charge prevailing. Hence ourinstruments see and measure the finite charge that isprinted in our textbooks for each fundamental particle, etc.But the real charge physically there is comprised of twoinfinite charges, each having infinite charge and infiniteenergy. Hence as a special electret the classical isolatedcharge easily sits there and continuously radiates real EM

energy, perpetually, because its infinite energy is neverexhausted by finite emission. The fundamental chargespresent in the original mass of the universe have beencontinuously radiating real EM energy in that fashion, forsomething like 13.7 billion years, and have shown no signsof running down.

(11) Since any charge or dipole is a special form of electret,which continuously radiates real EM energy, then theproblem in the present energy crisis is not in having anyshortage of energy, but in our scientists and engineers

having totally failed to understand static EM fields andpotentials and things such as electrets, and having totallyfailed to develop circuits and systems which freely collectand use EM energy from these steady EM energy flowsources that are universally available in every circuit andsystem. Instead, our scientists have misunderstoodcompletely, erroneously assumed away Whittakersconstituent energy flows, and have developed only that verylimited class of EM system which is Lorentz-symmetric andcontinually kills its dipolar (electret) source of energy fasterthan it will power the loads. Hence we pay the powercompany (i) to deliberately engage in a giant wrestlingmatch inside its generators and lose, and (ii) to require us tocontinually input and pay for the mechanical energy tocrank the generator shaft, just to continually restore the

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dipolarity inside the generator and the resulting free energyflow from the vacuum, that the inane circuits keepdestroying.

Electrets are used in a wide range of applications, from airfilters to microphones, and there are more and more electretapplications emerging every year.

Typical applications are in electret transducers;electrophotography; electrostatic recording; electret airfilters; electret motors and generators; electret dosimeters;piezoelectric polymer transducers; pyroelectric polymerdevices, electret microphones, etc. Electret motors have alsobeen developed and used, although the achieved poweroutputs up to the present have been small. Because of theirability to generate a constant electric field, electrets havebeen used as a method of electronic focusing in applicationssuch as gas filters and microphones. In recent years a muchwider application of electrets has been made in newapplications ranging from controlling lubrication in machineparts to regulating drug diffusion.

In the energy-from-the-vacuum field, there is evidence thatSweet also was able to induce electret characteristics in hisconditioned self-resonating permanent magnets, therebyproducing a free and powerful Poynting energy flow of E XH from the magnets with coupled electret characteristics.This intense EM energy flow interacted with thesurrounding coils ofSweets Vacuum Triode Amplifier,

which produced a COP = 1,500,000. Later he was alsosuccessful in producing a unit with a little clamped positivefeedback, so that it became self-powering and no input bythe operator was required, once the unit was in operation.

A good coverage of electrets, their principles, materials,conditioning, uses, and operation is Electrets, 3rd Edition,Vol. I, edited by G. Sessler, Laplacian Press, 1998. Thebooksellers can be contacted at [email protected],or by phone at 408-779-7774.

Another more expensive but excellent book covering someadditional aspects is Bladimir N. Kestelman, Leonid S.Pinchuk, and Victor A. Goldade, Electrets in Engineering:Fundamentals and Applications, Kluwer AcademicPublishers, 2000.

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