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To: Red Badger
I think the article has an error...

This is about 35 percent less than the resistivity of copper, the lowest resistivity material known at room temperature.

I believe this is instead true

Pure silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of all metals, and possesses the lowest contact resistance.

Silver is the lowest resistance conductor at room temp.... a bit expensive for wiring a house though.
This is why silver wire is used in place of copper in the small coils used to create massive magnetic pulses when large value capacitors are dumped into them.

10 posted on 03/24/2008 12:46:23 PM PDT by Bobalu (What do I know, I'm a Typical White Guy)
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To: Bobalu

Tell me Mho............


11 posted on 03/24/2008 12:51:14 PM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Bobalu

Yes, silver(Ag)has a higher conductance value. My EE father worked on electrical ship systems in WWII. Copper was in such short supply at one point that they used silver for buss bars on a french ship they were building. Also, during the manhatten project they were short on copper so they requested silver from the treasury dept, they laughed at them. After a call to the White House, treasury called back an hour later : how much do you need, and where do you want it?


13 posted on 03/24/2008 12:58:52 PM PDT by timer (n/0=n=nx0)
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To: Bobalu

Conductivity in megasiemens per meter, at room temperature:

Silver 63
Copper 58 or 59
Gold 45
Aluminum 37
Platinum 9.5


20 posted on 03/24/2008 5:35:21 PM PDT by Erasmus (Nihilism never amounted to anything.)
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