For Christ's sake, guys! I'd take it as a personal favor if everyone
would give the periodic table of elements a break! I mean, damn, what is
this now, 20? 30? comments today? Anyone else? Anybody know the
molecular structure of Zinc? Hey, that's it, Zinc... yeah, I think
Zinc... or perhaps Cobalt works better (but not as good as Magnesium,
especially when the Magnesium is mixed with H2O) :-)
On a serious note... this horse is dead. Can't we just, like, let it lie
there in peace?
Because the truth is, if you can weld even remotely worth a damn, it
doesn't matter whether you use copper, bronze, brass, aluminum.. or even
lead, or a regular arc welding stick with nothing! It's a plug weld for
crying out loud! You know, out of sight, on the inside of the panels?!
Listen, copper works good. So does aluminum, and so does brass. Ditto
for 'nothing' when re a simple plug.
Isn't the concept here to share decent 'tips' rather then beating a topic
far beyond its natural demise? Seriously, I hope I don't offend anyone,
but can the 'molecular breakdown' crap be discussed privately, as in 'off
list'? It sure would save me a whole lot of time if I could take the
foot off the 'delete' key...
Now, bash me, if you will, for speaking the truth here...
Gary J. Durham
P.S. Ha! Got your motors 'revved' a second there, didn't I? : )
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:55:38 EST PorscheRcr@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 03/15/2002 12:06:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> npenney@mde.state.md.us writes:
>
> << Aluminum is a better heat conductor then copper, which is why it
> makes a
> better radiator. >>
> Funny... my Machinerys Handbook claims that Copper transmits about
> double the
> heat in Btu/sec that Aluminum does... .00404Btu/sec for Copper and
> .00203
> Btu/sec for aluminum. The reason aluminum radiators tend to work
> better
> isn't because aluminum transfers heat better,but due to being able
> to make
> the tubes larger and/or thinner in aluminum than copper.
>
> Bill J
> 68 GT8
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