On 2025-08-26 23:54, Tom Rogers wrote:

> As Piper describes it, Collapsium is impervious to almost all
> radiation energy. It is a coating of neutrons only a single neutron
> thick that is “applied” to sheet steel. From Piper’s descriptions I
> would suggest it reflects the heat/energy with absolutely no
> absorption of said energy in any way. In fact, it would be an almost
> perfect insulating material.

I am still trying to wrap my mind around the physics of collapsium.

A single neutron thick layer? Would this imply a crystalline
structure--extremely crystalline if the energy of a nuclear explosion is
unable to disrupt neutron-neutron bonds?

What happens when the nature of the crystalline structure prevents
Brownian motion? If temperature is a crude coefficient of the extent of
Brownian motion, does no Brownian motion place the ambient temperature
of collapsium at near absolute zero?