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Unread 04-26-2003, 04:49 AM   #77
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Originally posted by myv65
A change of this magnitude is piss in the wind when compared to the variation that Bill gets from one block mounting to the next. The only way this is measurable is a test geared specifically toward a measurement of conductivity, which not even Bill's fancy get-up could manage.

I'm all for folks exploring the unknown and seeing what's possible, but I prefer to be realistic about the potential benefit. The potential of this one is not so big, especially when compared against using "good" copper versus a lower conductivity alloy or aluminum.
Maybe so, but it's still an interesting topic, and folks are clearly interested in it. And to be honest, looking at the experimental data I dug up, it's not exactly that hard to do, 15 minutes in the oven at 140 C.

So the difference may not be huge, but it will make a slight difference, and with the level we've managed to get blocks down to now, it's gonna be that much harder to improve the C/W.

Plus it's intellectually stimulating tossing these ideas around. Isn't that what people do around here, toss ideas round.

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