[Milsurplus] [Fwd: Re: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery]

[Jim Whartenby]

Out of curiosity, I checked the tables.  Copper is about 6% more resistive then silver, depending on how the metals are heat treated, not 50%.

Aluminum is about twice as resistive as silver, depending on the aluminum alloy.
Jim



----- Original Message ----
From: J. Forster <jfor at quik.com>
To: nerd at verizon.net
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, July 4, 2010 2:21:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [Fwd: Re: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery]

Half the resistivity is nice, but why hard to work with? I think its
ductility is better than copper.

-John

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> Don't knock aromatherapy.  Placebos have been proven to work.
>
> I like silver wire in motors when you are trying to get every last bit
> of performance at very high power levels.  Half the resistance (and thus
> heating) of copper, although a lot harder to work with.
>
> In audio systems I would find silver somewhat hard to honestly justify.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> J. Forster wrote:
>> In following some Audiophool stuff, I came across a Rubidium frequency
>> standard for audiophool use and could not resist posting it to the Time
>> Nuts list.
>>
>> Here is one reply. Especially check out the link.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -Jhn
>>
>> =================
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------- Original Message
>> ----------------------------
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery
>> From:    "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kirkby at onetel.net>
>> Date:    Sun, July 4, 2010 4:30 am
>> To:      "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
>> <time-nuts at febo.com>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> On 07/ 4/10 08:48 AM, Steve Rooke wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe we are into the wrong sort of projects here, instead of knocking
>>> together $10 "testers" we should get some cheap Rb units off fluke.l
>>> and start turning out $15,000 audio equipment. Can you imagine how
>>> much you could get for your ageing tube Cs unit in this phools market!
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> Do the cheap fluke units allow locking to a 1 pps signal? If so, you
>> could
>> sell
>> a GPS locked version for even more!
>>
>> The point made in
>>
>> http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/pdf/audiophools.pdf
>>
>> is that the people that do this sort of thing must have pretty deep
>> pockets,
>> which you don't associate with stupid people. (There are exceptions of
>> course).
>> There was a guy I was at school with. His parents were richer than most
>> of
>> us in
>> the working class area of Walthamstow, East London.
>>
>> He did advanced level (A-level) in physics, chemistry and maths, just
>> like
>> me.
>> He used speaker cables that had arrows on them pointing in the direction
>> the
>> music was supposed to flow. I asked him why. He could not offer any
>> explanation
>> of any logic for this, but still bought them, as he could afford to.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>> On 4 July 2010 19:33, Rob Kimberley<rk at timing-consultants.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe we've all been missing something in our timing projects.
>>>> Must get some of that high purity 6N copper wire.......
>>>> :-)
>>>> Rob K
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of J. Forster
>>>> Sent: 03 July 2010 10:51 PM
>>>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>>>> Subject: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> master_clocks/g-0rb/<http://esoteric.teac.com/master_clocks/g-0rb/>
>>>>
>>>> About $15,000.
>>>>
>>>> -John
>>>>
>>>> ================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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