From: Michael S. Lorrey (mike@lorrey.com)
Date: Tue May 18 1999 - 00:23:08 MDT
Ron Kean wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 1999 19:01:08 -0400 "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com>
> writes:
>
> >gold is the best metallic electrical conductor, its easily alloyable
> >and malleable, which is of obvious use to any technologist.
> >
> >
>
> In the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, silver is listed as having a
> higher electrical conductivity than gold as well as a higher thermal
> conductivity, but the differences are not large.
I'm rather surprised at that, I'll have to check my electrical engineering texts...And I forgot the other advantage that gold has over silver: it doesn't corrode.
Mike Lorrey
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