Subject	Chromium has a thermal conductivity of 94 W/m-K...
Posted by	Jim (Selin Design) on August 17, 2012 at 12:12 PM
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In Reply To	Re: Been waiting for these goodies forever... posted by Tech@EPR on August 17, 2012 at 01:39 AM
Message	That's pretty high as far as things go. For reference... 304 stainless is ~16 W/m-K Powder coat would be ~1-2 W/m-K mild steel (stock pipes) ~50 W/m-K 6061 aluminum ~160 W/m-K (much less than the pure metal) So an aluminum tube with a thin layer of chrome that is about 2/3rds as conductive is going to suffer very little thermally. Even if the plating didn't achieve the full 94 W/m-K (alloying, microstructure, etc) it's still a small overall change by the rule of mixtures compared to steel piping and much much better than powdercoated aluminum. www.selindesign.net
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