Subject	Copper is 3X heavier than Aluminum, expensive, and fragile
Posted by	shirow on February 13, 2006 at 10:58 PM
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In Reply To	intercooler question... posted by WHITEtt on February 13, 2006 at 09:35 PM
Message	since it is a very soft metal. It does offer 2X better thermal conductivity over Aluminum.
Follow Ups	intercooler question... - WHITEtt 21:35:49 02/13/06 go with Silver, best heat transfer :) darn that price thing (n/m) - Rickytl (MA) 21:40:53 02/13/06 pfft, gold is better. (n/m) - vorpalZ 21:47:46 02/13/06 doesn't go with my skin tone sorry :-P (n/m) - Rickytl (MA) 21:51:10 02/13/06 platinum :c) (n/m) - robo (sebring1970) 00:51:27 02/14/06 Im not sure, but>>> - zboost(tx) 21:40:56 02/13/06 Re: Im not sure, but>>> - WHITEtt 21:42:42 02/13/06 yea, but the power increase negates the weight, n'est pas? (n/m) - vorpalZ 21:50:12 02/13/06 "n'est-ce pas" :-) (n/m) - Dark Diver 06:06:40 02/14/06 merci :-) (n/m) - vorpalZ 08:23:20 02/14/06 I believe the F1's engine bay is lined with gold to reflect - Shawn300zTT GT28R MD 21:43:50 02/13/06 correct (n/m) - naZeer (Houston) 23:21:27 02/13/06 Different metals in H2O could create a galvanic cell & probs (n/m) - CarlCuro 21:47:31 02/13/06 Had to replace the copper rad. in my DD last year... - whitepearlz 21:57:47 02/13/06 wow, my AC condenser looks a small bit like that (n/m) - WHITEtt 22:02:54 02/13/06 It's pretty normal with computers.... (n/m) - CarlCuro 21:42:01 02/13/06 The cost vs. a little better heat transfer. - 300zib(NoVA) 21:42:41 02/13/06 Re: The cost vs. a little better heat transfer. - WHITEtt 21:44:31 02/13/06 I believe some IC's are still being made with copper - Shawn300zTT GT28R MD 21:43:30 02/13/06 Scotts94z32 explored this at some point. (n/m) - Spee 21:43:33 02/13/06 yep - Spee 21:47:13 02/13/06 Agree with yourself often? - TT XTZ 00:15:25 02/14/06 he would kick his ass (n/m) - robo (sebring1970) 00:26:58 02/14/06 lol (n/m) - Shawn300zTT GT28R MD 01:23:24 02/14/06 I always agree with myself. - Spee 10:41:53 02/14/06 This skinny bean-eater is on her team... (n/m) - Scotts94z32 10:49:47 02/14/06 Meh, ZEngineer on December 24, 2002 at 2:41 AM - Fuzznutz 08:09:44 02/14/06 What a tool I was only 3 years ago.. ;) (n/m) - Scotts94z32 10:26:36 02/14/06 no kidding.... - Spee 10:43:15 02/14/06 That's it! I'm having Sacto push you off the course at Zcon (n/m) - Scotts94z32 10:53:54 02/14/06 Spee is more of a DIY kinda guy ... (n/m) - Guapo 11:02:46 02/14/06 lmao (n/m) - charizma 11:10:06 02/14/06 he better watch out... - Spee 13:20:53 02/14/06 Yessir... This was the concept that never matured>>> - Scotts94z32 10:05:45 02/14/06 Copper would not be good to use. B/c it has a higher - upcominZ_NA>TT 22:24:14 02/13/06 copper has the highest thermal conductivity of all ... - WHITEtt 22:42:20 02/13/06 You are completely and utterly confused. - CaliguyPurdue 10:44:28 02/14/06 I do! ;) I didn't want to jump on him about it, I'm too - Scotts94z32 10:53:09 02/14/06 Copper is 3X heavier than Aluminum, expensive, and fragile - shirow 22:58:30 02/13/06 Nice sig pic! ;-) - Scotts94z32 09:59:33 02/14/06
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