[time-nuts] OCXO housings - Why copper and not iron/steel?

[Dr. David Kirkby]

On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 22:17, Luiz Alberto Saba <las at intercat.com.br> wrote:

> My bad... copper is the second, losing only to silver, as a thermal
> conductor.
>

I think you are mistaken.  Copper is second to silver for *electrical*
conductivity, but I doubt that is so for thermal conductivity. I think
diamond, which is a form of carbon, is the best thermal conductor, and
around 5x better than copper.

Dave

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