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| Thread ID: 68325 | 2006-04-24 11:57:00 | About silver | nikki (10280) | PC World Chat |
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| 449137 | 2006-04-26 04:07:00 | Still have a 1.0 kg .9999 pure silver ingot here, bought as "an investment" about 20 years ago. Worth almost as much now as I paid for it. At only 961°C melting it would not be safe as a pot in this house ... So you have lost on it,well done. $750 at 5% compounding over 20 years,not nice. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 449138 | 2006-04-26 04:22:00 | Superconductors make terrible cooking utensils. How about, if a computer hardware enthusiast uses it for channeling heat off the CPU? Or rather, what if Intel or AMD decides to manufacture CPUs with superconductor as cover? Would this lead to one of the most effective ways of getting rid of computer-generated heat? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 449139 | 2006-04-26 04:39:00 | No. :D "High temperature" as applied to superconductors might not conform with your idea of "high". Mr Omnes first found superconductivity at liquid helium temperature around 4K. Some HT superconductors work at the relatively high temperature of liquid nitrogen. I don't think they have got anywhere near "room" temperature yet, though I'm sure they are hoping. There would be huge financial rewards. About 10% of all generated power is lost in the distribuition wires. They are superconductive of electricity. I don't know whether this applies to heat as well. The mechanisms might not be the same. Some semiconductors are now made on a diamond substrate because it's a better conductor of heat than silicon, while still being an electrical insulator. Heatpipes, and other "heatsink" things just move heat. You still have to warm the environment with the unwanted heat somehow. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 449140 | 2006-04-26 05:01:00 | Still have a 1.0 kg .9999 pure silver ingot here, bought as "an investment" about 20 years ago. Worth almost as much now as I paid for it. You and Bunker Hunt should get together. ;) For the curious www.buyandhold.com |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 449141 | 2006-04-26 06:22:00 | You and Bunker Hunt should get together. ;) For the curious www.buyandhold.com The beauty is GF could use the silver or the S602 as a door stop. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 449142 | 2006-04-26 06:27:00 | The beauty is GF could use the silver or the S602 as a door stop. That's right and no danger of either being stolen. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 449143 | 2006-04-26 06:36:00 | The beauty is GF could use the silver or the S602 as a door stop. Trouble is the S602 is too small for the doorstop, I would need an S5600? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 449144 | 2006-04-26 06:48:00 | That's right and no danger of either being stolen. Don't want to upset the man,he has suggested using a S5600,which of course woud be gone in a flash. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 449145 | 2006-04-26 07:17:00 | A flash huh? Not a Flasher???? :D beetle |
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