"Uptown Audio" wrote in message
news:3f3684d6$0$13729$afc38c87@...
: Well, he is mistaken but that is easy enough as he has probably
just
: used copper/brass corrosion as a reference without pulling out
his
: chemical or electrical engineering handbook. From looking at it
from
: the outside, as most products are wired with copper, one would
assume
: that corrosion is an insulator and always damaging. From a true
: engineering/design standpoint, silver is what is spec'd in the
: applications that "must" work. For example, the military spec's
it's
: wires to be silverplated with teflon coating for many
applications.
: That's expensive, but when your life depend's upon, cost
becomes
: irrelevant. I was a manager at a transformer manufacturer years
ago
: and there was always concern about dissimilar metals in
relation to
: connected gear. In the case of copper, we often silver plated
bus to
: keep the contact resistance low. This prevented overheating of
the
: contacts in high current applications such as the various metro
: subways that are powered with our products. Aluminum was plated
with
: tin for the
: same reason. Just because a company sells a product does not
make
: their testimony less credible. In contrast, it give credance to
it in
: most situations. There is marketing hype, but companies
generally do
: research and development of the processes and materials that go
into
: their products to insure reliability. Customer satisfaction is
one
: reason and warranty claims are another. The object of quality
control
: is to increase the former and decrease the latter. You can look
at
: some chemistry studies and electrical transmission texts to get
more
: info if you really want to beat the poor fellow over the head.
See:
: http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/why_silver_plate.html
: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_HE605
: www.belden.de/daten/belflex_triax.pdf
: - Bill
: www.uptownaudio.com
: Roanoke VA
: (540) 343-1250
:

Thanks for these but.................

: http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/why_silver_plate.html these guys
appear to be a Ham Radio club.


: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_HE605 are confused with Silver
Sulphide


: www.belden.de/daten/belflex_triax.pdf doesn't mention Silver
Oxide

So I really need something very specific and there is huge
confusion with Silver Sulphide.

Thanks TT