>
>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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