Professor James Tour is a Bible believing Christian who has a wonderful testimony and ministry. You can watch his testimony on http://www.jesusandscience.org. When you do, you will become a follower and supporter.
God has given him a brilliant mind as this video Turning Trash Into Graphene reveals. There is no doubt in my mind that in Jesus coming Millennial Kingdom, James Tour will be used by Jesus to organise and supervise the production of rare earth minerals, graphene. metals and other essential products from waste products rather than setting up expensive new mining operations.
At the Cambridge Graphene Centre (University of Cambridge), Prof. James Tour (Rice University) presents “flash Joule heating,” a rapid, scalable method to convert diverse carbon sources (including waste) into turbostratic graphene and other materials, with applications from lower-carbon concrete to metals recovery; he also covers PFAS remediation (removal of toxic substances from drinking water), HF-free MXenes, and chlorine-assisted extraction of critical elements, followed by Q&A.
Flash Joule heating (FJH) is a revolutionary, ultra-fast synthesis and materials processing technique developed by researchers at Rice University (led by James Tour) that uses high-intensity electrical pulses to heat materials to ~3000–3500 K in milliseconds. It enables rapid chemical transformations, phase changes, and synthesis of high-value nanomaterials with minimal energy input and near-zero emissions.
Key Applications
| Feedstock | Product | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Coal, petroleum coke | Turbostratic graphene | 90–99% yield, <1 sec, $100/ton cost |
| Plastic waste (PE, PP, PET) | Graphene + hydrogen gas | Upcycles waste, produces clean H₂ |
| E-waste (circuit boards) | Rare earth elements (REEs) | Recovers Nd, Dy, etc., without acids |
| Food waste, biomass | Carbon nanotubes, graphene | Sustainable precursor |
| Metallurgical coke | Flash steel | Direct reduction of iron ore in <1 sec |
Advantages
- Speed: Reactions complete in <1 second vs. hours/days for traditional methods.
- Energy Efficiency: ~90% of input energy converted to heat; total energy <1 kWh/kg graphene.
- No Solvents/Acids: Eliminates hazardous chemical waste.
- Scalability: Demonstrated from grams to kilogram-scale (2024).
- Circular Economy: Turns waste (plastics, e-scrap) into high-value materials.
Scientific Milestones
| Year | Breakthrough |
|---|---|
| 2020 | First FJH graphene from coal (Nature) |
| 2021 | Plastic waste → graphene + H₂ (Nature) |
| 2022 | E-waste REE recovery (Sci. Adv.) |
| 2023 | Continuous-flow FJH reactor (ACS Nano) |
| 2024 | Flash steel from iron ore (Nature Nanotech); kilogram-scale graphene |
Commercialization (2025 Status)
- Universal Matter Inc. (spun out of Rice) raised $40M+ to scale FJH graphene.
- Pilot plants operational in Canada and Texas.
- Partnerships with steel mills for “flash steel” decarbonization.
- Graphene prices dropped to <$100/kg (vs. $100,000/kg for CVD graphene).
Fun Fact: FJH can turn a used tire into graphene + carbon black + syngas in 1 second, with zero CO₂ emissions.
Further Reading:
- Tour Group: flashjoule.com
- Key Papers: Nature 2020 (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1938-0), Nature Nanotech 2024 (flash steel)
This information on flash joule heating developed by James Tour was produced by Grok 4.
What will Jesus use you for in His Millennial Kingdom? God does not waste the talents he has given you. As I mentioned, I have no doubt what James Tour will be doing in Jesus Millennial Kingdom but what talents has God given you that He can use during His Millennial reign on this Earth. For more on Jesus Millennial Kingdom go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net
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