Re: Toroid made easy

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Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Stainless vs aluminum conductivity makes little difference in 
spheres/toroids (unless you're discharging kA-rms arcs, few do). Only 
when it is drawn into long thin wires does it make a noticible 
difference. Machining stainless vs aluminum is a whole other story. 
Why most toploads are aluminum.

Mike
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Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 10:30 PM
Subject: RE: Toroid made easy


> Original poster: "alfred erpel" <alfred@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Gary,
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> WOW!
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> What an awesome approach.
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> I am going to try this with mirror finished stainless steel and report the
> results back here.
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> I have an induction heating unit that I don't know how to use yet (and am
> not going to figure out for this) but that is the way to go on heating up
> the flat blanks.
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> BTW, does anyone have any comments regarding the efficacy of using stainless
> steel (stainless steel has ~1/27 the conductivity of aluminum according to
> one internet source) as a toroid vs. aluminum or copper in tesla coil usage?
>
>
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> Regards,
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> Al Erpel
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> [stuff snipped]
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> >  You can get a 98% accurate idea of the actual size by bending
> >a sheet of paper into a radius to see how large your finished
> >balloon shape toroid will be.
> >
> >Gary Weaver