Richard,
        By definition, if an electron moves, it radiates energy (photons),
but not necessarily infrared.  So if a superconductor is conducting current,
electrons are changing positions and emitting energy.  The only way to stop
the emission of energy is to stop the movement of charged particles, which
means the object would have to be in the ground state of energy, which is at
absolute zero.  (This is why models of atoms showing electrons orbiting the
nucleus are untrue.  Electrons orbiting a nucleus would radiate all of their
energy until they collapsed into the nucleus.)

Ryan G.

> -----Original Message-----
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> I am not in any way en expert, but I would have thought that the sea emits
> IR at a
> low level, especially when compared to a human body. I would also have
> thought that
> a block of dry ice would emit a tiny amount of IR, possibly not detectable
> with
> current equipment. I would have thought that something like a low
> temperature
> superconductor, when in superconductive state, would emit no IR. Is this
> so? Or
> would something have to be at absolute zero to emit no IR?
>
> Richard
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> Nope... they wouldn't be dead.. The sea, even if very cold still has an IR
> Signature itself... Proof, add an ice cube, do IR detection magnification,
> you can sea the cube as colder... Even colder dry ice will give you better
> differentiation.
>
> Alain Savard
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> Ah , to throw the proverbial Monkey Wrench into the works
>          Have you considered submergence in Water, Either Sea of Fresh?
>         Since IR transmission in Water is minimal , Aquatic plants and
> animals exist in the ambient temperature. ( trying to raise body
> temperature
> in such a heat sink would be a tremendous energy cost )
>         Since there is no discernible infrared signature from the aquatic
> life,
>           then by the logic would they not be considered dead?
>
> Russell Smith
> Ciba Specialty Chemicals
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