Posted by TokaMundo on 08/27/05 22:31

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:10:02 -0700, WinField <doghouse@operamail.com>
Gave us:

>
>Mark Jones wrote:
>> WinField wrote:
>>
>>>Mark Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I might consider your opinion worthwhile if you can show that you
>>>>have similar experience in the electronics industry.
>>>
>>> You are a Jehovah's Witness for gold connects. I've learned that
>>>it's a waste of my time to argue religion with folks like you.
>>>
>>
>> You can't provide anything to counter what I have learned based
>> on many years of experience. This is based on factual information
>> and real world results, not some "religious" belief.
>>
>> You lose.
>
>Depends on who's judging the debate, Mark.

Just the fax, Maam...

>
>Your mention of your education/degree brought back some old memories for
>me. I seemed to recall that I had learned that *GOLD* did not have the
>lowest intrinsic resistance ...

Exactly. It does have better corrosion properties, which is the
ONLY argument for using it. The RCA connector design is such that a
good drag scrape occurs on the center pin with each insertion. So any
good metal works even after some minor oxidation.
>
>I opened up one of my old school books [Grob|Third Edition "Basic
>Electronics"]
> - and found table 9*3 (p.212) Properties of Conducting Materials,
> specific resistance(s) @20C, CMIL.Ohm/ft (that's circular mils)
>
>(lower is better, except maybe for Mark's Community College)
>
>Gold - 14
>Copper - 10.4
>Silver - 9.8
>
>Wipe the egg off your face, if/when you get a gripe on reality.

Heheheh... I have a GRIP on reality, I do not think I have any
GRIPES with reality. I have always known the tiers of metal
conductivities. Strange, I even knew it as a kid.

> Copper
>& Silver connects would have LESS of your precious contact resistance.

Silver plate is best. In fact, aside from silver being the best pure
element for electrical conduction, its oxide, in pure form is so far
the best conductor of all.

Nickel cadmium was the de facto plating for decades, but California
and others claimed that cadmium is a bad thing. It is, in pure form
and in many compounds.

Funny that since the compound/alloy mentioned (platings) doesn't
pose a cadmium safety/health issue.
>
>Got that, baby-cakes?
> Winf
>

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