A better metric may be stored heat for a dollar's worth of material. Scrap iron is pretty cheap.
From: Bob Camp <[email protected]> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> Date: 03/10/2010 06:03 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Thermal time constant Sent by: [email protected] Hi The gotcha is that you are interested in the amount of heat per cubic foot rather than the amount of heat per pound. You need to take the standard heat per weight numbers and convert them to heat per volume numbers. Of the things you can easily get, copper is good. Steel is not as good as copper, but better than aluminum. Bob On Mar 10, 2010, at 5:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Looking at the specific heat of metals: > http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-heat-metals-d_152.html > Wouldn't Beryllium be better instead of aluminium? > I could foresee a few problems though eg machining holes at home, never mind where to get a block from. > > Phil > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
