Re: Metal Selection for gap.

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Original poster: Edward Wingate <ewing7-at-rochester.rr-dot-com> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner-at-optosci-dot-com>

 > Copper is a good choice for spark gaps, heatsinks, etc, because it has one
 > of the highest thermal conductivities of all metals. IIRC, only silver is
 > better. Brass is almost as good as copper and steel is very poor. Tungsten I
 > don't know. But I suspect in most gap designs the "bottleneck" for heat
 > transfer is between the electrodes and the air.
 >
 > Steve C.

Hi Steve,

The electrical conductivity of tungsten is better than brass and the
thermal conductivity is at least as good as brass.

Ed Wingate RATCB