Re: Aluminium aka Aluminum Wire (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:01:41 -0700
From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Aluminium aka Aluminum Wire (fwd)

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>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:21:15 +0100
>From: Chris Swinson <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Aluminium aka Aluminum Wire (fwd)
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>>There's no doubt that RF losses will be at least 150% higher, but in the
>>tank discharge arena, it's not a factor worth discussing. If you look at
>>the losses on the total system scale, this particular loss in the
>>primary circuit is extremely negligible and why the RF with aluminum is
>>interpreted as a myth hoax.
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>I wonder if the actual inductance of the alu wire will be more, or less than 
>copper wire ?
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>Chris
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    Shouldn't be.  Inductance depends on the geometry of the coil 
[length, diameter, # turns, wire spacing to a very slight extent] and 
since all of the current will be in the surface of the conductors 
shouldn't be any difference between Al and Cu.

Ed