Patent ID: 8669917
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. Material for use in transmitters and receivers for matter penetrating waves comprising: a relatively electrically non-conductive porous matrix aligned along the grain of wood or other plant material, where along the grain is defined as parallel to sap conducting xylem conduits, which is essentially chemically inert with respect to other constituents of said material and having a multiplicity of interconnecting pores from wood that is split from a tree trunk or other plant material; a quantity of ionizable substance, comprised of at least naturally occurring ions or at least one salt or other ionizable compound, penetrated in at least a major portion of the pores of said matrix, and a quantity of solvent intimately associated with said ionizable substance in said pores, wherein the solvent is dispersed within said matrix and said solvent is ionizing at least part of said ionizable substance.