Re: Flat Ribbon Conductors

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• Subject: Re: Flat Ribbon Conductors
• From: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 07:44:02 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>

> Aluminum is a very bad RF conductor in general.  It forms a deep resistive
> oxide layer on the surface that plays havoc with skin depth adding greatly
> to the primary resistance and losses.

By this argument, a layer of varnish would be also a problem. The main
problem of aluminum is in the connections with other parts, where the
oxide causes bad contacts. Aluminum has also a great tendency to flow,
and so even if you make connections with tight screws and pressure 
washers, after some cycles of thermal expansion the connection comes
loose.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

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