It seems that silver's conductivity is only
6 to 11 percent better than copper. And the skin depth
of silver and copper at 100Mhz is about .00026 inches. So to get
the entire 6 to 11 percent improvement in Q you would
have to have the plating at least .26 mils thick. And that
is at 100 Mhz, at 10 Mhz it would be about a mil. thick.
That is thick for plating now days.
Silver does solder well and makes for great switch contacts.
I wonder what properties of silver are so desirable.
73
Bill wa4lav
William L. Fuqua III P.E. E-mail WLFUQU00@POP.UKY.EDU Phone (606) 257-4155
Department of Physics and Astronomy CP-177 Chem. Phys. Bldg.
University of Kentucky , Lexington, Ky 40506-0055
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