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Hanging_Chad 32 points ago +32 / -0

electrical conductivity of gold is 70% of copper. gold is plated on electronics to prevent corrosion

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MajJamesMcFarlane 10 points ago +10 / -0

Damn. Really? This whole time I thought it was so loved because of it's conductivity. Isn't it used in CPUs? Is that again because of the lack of corrosion? I could see having something not build up like that would be better than the conductivity improvements.

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ancroidubh 16 points ago +16 / -0

Gold can be drawn into extremely fine wire. That allows for a high connection density between the actual chip and the carrier. Its self-welding properties allow those connections to be made with minimal heat.

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TonsOfSalt 4 points ago +4 / -0

I believe silver is more conductive than copper, but it struggles with oxidation too. The best wire would be gold coated silver.

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thisguy883 3 points ago +3 / -0

Or gold-pressed latinium. ;)

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posedgeclk 2 points ago +2 / -0

Latinum is liquid, so no. Silver would make the best wire.

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Hanging_Chad 1 point ago +1 / -0

How about platinum-plated silver? Assuming platinum is more resistant to corrosion that gold

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Adwest232323 2 points ago +2 / -0

We would all have gold hollow points then.

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FullAutoFlintlock -10 points ago +6 / -16

shhh. smoothbrains. don't hurt their fee fees

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MajJamesMcFarlane 19 points ago +19 / -0

Nah. Dude's cool. I never knew that and happy I was corrected.

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Android17 3 points ago +3 / -0

saying that is the equivalent of a caveman calling you a smooth brain because you cant knapp flint rocks

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FullAutoFlintlock 1 point ago +2 / -1

Unironically proving how retarded you are considering how hard knapping really is.

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Android17 2 points ago +2 / -0

woooshh

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