Re: Brass or steel spheres (Oudin terminal)

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• Subject: Re: Brass or steel spheres (Oudin terminal)
• From: "Steve Cook" <Steve-at-g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:03:29 -0700
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Bronze should be fine, true it has a lower melting point than steel, but
it's a heck of a lot easier to work!
Steve
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Subject: Brass or steel spheres (Oudin terminal)


> Original Poster: "peterB" <zardoz-at-albany-dot-net>
>
> Hi,
> I have a perticular application that needs solid (or hollow) brass or
> machineable
> steel balls for a terminal on a small coil.
> The small float balls will not work. The maximum diameter is 1 1/4"
(actually,
> that is the exact size I need.)
>
> I have tried McMaster Carr, but they only have smaller sizes available.
> They have the correct size in bronze, if this would work. I do not know
> the electrical properties of bronze, would it be a good conductor, and
serve
> as the terminal on a small Oudin resonator?
>
> Any other sources of odd/hard to find materials similar to McMaster that I
> could
>
> contact?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Pete
>
>
>

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