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Unread 06-18-2006, 10:57 AM   #9
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Default Re: Ampco: Good material for water block?

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Originally Posted by Susquehannock
That would put the referring material just above Aluminum = 205W/m K. Thanks for the confirmation Eddy.

So I guess the real decision to use copper or not depends on how critical the machinability & other
advantages of Ampco are critical to your design.
Price to. If the added cost in machining copper over "Ampco" is less than the added cost of "Ampco" over copper then you just aswell use copper.
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