Iridia:Today's featured article

Elektia is an iridescent, native mineral notable as a store of thermal energy. In nature, elektia releases thermal energy in an uncontrolled manner when exposed to air. Most contemporary uses of elektia take advantage of its so-called "elektic" properties to produce or store power. Its first recorded use was as heating element to boil water, which later evolved into closed-loop fireless elektic locomotives whereby pressurized air is forced through a tank of purified elektia to heat a boiler. This principle has since been refined and scaled up into elektic reactors which generator massive amounts of power. Additionally, the elektovoltaic effect was discovered in 1923, where the potential energy of elektia can be expressed as electric current as part of an elektovoltaic battery. (See more...)