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Unread 01-21-2002, 09:01 PM   #42
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Originally posted by Brad
yeah I know fix.

I think it has partly to do with Al having a specific heat capacity 3 times as much as Cu, even though it's thermal conductivity is half as much
But Al has much less density. So for a given volume Cu has more heat capacity than Al.
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