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redleader · 11-25-2002, 04:35 PM

With good brass you're still getting over 100w/mk. Copper is under 400. So you could make it of Cu, but it would have to be thicker. Make it much thicker and its not going to conduct much, if any better. Plus you've got the space wasted by the brass supports that could have been used for fins.

11-25-2002, 04:35 PM	#13
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	With good brass you're still getting over 100w/mk. Copper is under 400. So you could make it of Cu, but it would have to be thicker. Make it much thicker and its not going to conduct much, if any better. Plus you've got the space wasted by the brass supports that could have been used for fins.