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Subject: [AMPS] Silver Plating question
From: measures@vcnet.com (measures)
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 05:58:50 -0700
>
>Norman Hockler wrote:
>>
>>Guys...
>>
>>The advantage in silver plating is, of course, the lowering of  resistance 
>>caused by the skin effect, and as we know all the current will travel on 
>>the surface of the cavity.  The silver plating does not have to be very 
>>thick to get the desired effect of the additional few watts this will afford.
>>
>>There are a number of low cost silver plating kits available.  I used one 
>>for my 8877 amp that worked fine. Cost me $12.
>
Ian wrote:
>...... Pure copper actually has a higher conductivity than silver, 

?  Not when I took Physics of Electricity, Ian.  .  .  According to 
Frederick Terman, at 20-degrees C, silver has  a resistance of 1.629 
u-ohm per cm^3.  Copper has a resistance of 1.724 u-ohm per cm^3.  

>.........

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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