Temporotranscendant Theory of Electro-Metallurgical Insulation
Source: Edited slightly from fantastic Sons of Ether source material by Derek D. Bass
Author: Vapor Ascendant from the Copper Vessel
Description: This rare text, found within the archives of the Heptagram and in the hands of a few magitechnicians within the Realm, is said to date from times long past, exploring new theories on atypical approaches to motonic insulation. While some magitechnicians of the current Era swear to have gotten good use out of the theory, more conservative savants claim that there is no god for anything like a 'temporon' in Yu-Shan, and thus theories based on its existence must be false.
EXCERPT:
Essence travels through a magical material because of the elementary particles that make up the material. Some of the particles are positively charged, motonically speaking, while others are negatively charged. The positively charged particles attract the negative, just as the opposite poles of a magnet attract one another. In the magical materials the positive particles hold the negative particles only loosely, so that if a source of Essence is applied, the negative particles in the material will be dislodged and replaced by the incoming negative particles. This process is repeated countless times over again, down the line of magical material particles, and so we get motonic current. In motonic insulators, the positive particles maintain a tight hold upon the negative, so that no amount of additional energy will dislodge them. Essence simply does not flow through the insular material. And therein lies the answer to the problem plaguing many engineers in this modern era, that of motonic overcharge and feedback. By increasing the positive charge of a material, it will hold onto its negative particles more tightly, and thereby become an insulator, at least for the duration of the increased positive charge.
The key to this Theory is an elementary particle that I myself discovered some time ago. Temporons are particles that accumulate on all matter at a relatively constant rate and cause the physical effects of the passage of time. By manipulating the temporons that a magical material object gains, we can transfer a positive charge to it, temporarily suspending its motonic conductivity. Temporons are, by nature, neutral particles. However, if exposed to a field of positively charged particles, they can hold an equivalently positive charge for a short time. Because temporons accumulate constantly on all matter, we do not need to isolate specific temporons in order to apply a positive charge. Simply exposing the target metal to a properly calibrated Motonic Modulation Field is sufficient to ensure that all temporons accumulated on the object during the period of exposure will possess a positive charge. The additional positive charge, along with the natural charge of the metal's positive particles, will prevent negatively charged particles (and thus motonic current) from flowing freely through the material. Due to Creation's desire for equilibrium, the effects of this Theory are purely temporary. Because the increased positive charge is not inherent to the material, it will dissipate over time, gradually returning the affected material to its former state of motonic conductivity. The duration of the effect will depend largely upon the length of the material's exposure to the calibrated Motonic Modulation Field. A longer Motonic Modulation Field exposure means that more positively charged temporons will have accumulated, requiring more time for the excess positive charge to disperse. During this time, no motonic current will flow through the affected material.
