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Re: stainless conductivities (was Re: Composition of Stainlessappliances)

I would say that the electrical conductivity of sst is pretty poor. Type
304 stainless steel has thermal conductivity of 0.3J/s-cm-K and
electrical resistivity of 72 micro-ohm-cm. Thermal conductivity for
copper is 7.1 and electrical resistivity of 1.7 in the same units as
above.

Sam

Stefan Jeglinski wrote:

Slightly tangent to this subject is my question:

Why does stainless steel, being a metal, have a relatively good
electrical conductivity, but relatively poor thermal conductivity?

In most all other metals, there is a direct connection between the
two; this connection appears to be weak for stainless steel, at least
for common varieties...

Stefan Jeglinski

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Sam Sampere
Syracuse University
Department of Physics
Syracuse, NY 13244
315-443-5999