does silver ICs have any benefit for HT?

Posted by Ken Simmons [IP: 208.8.214.236] on September 23, 1999 at 23:03:25
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In Reply to: does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? posted by Raymond Gregory on September 23, 1999 at 16:11:01:

Please be more specific. I've NEVER heard of "silver" ICs.

If you're referring to ICs with SILVER-PLATED leads, then I have to say they'll make ABSOLUTELY ZERO DIFFERENCE, especially if they're SOLDERED to the mainboard (the solder will STRIP-OFF the silver plating during the wetting/bonding process). Besides, silver is EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE (not as expensive as gold - but that's another topic altogether... ;) ) and, IMHO, not worth the $$$ expenditure for a dubious (and subjective) performance "improvement". :)

Given that silver is THE BEST CONDUCTOR in the world, it's no reason to make it a "prime factor" in buying anything. Besides, the great conductivity of silver is offset by its' ease of being corroded (i.e. tarnishng). Therefore, silver is best suited for EXTREMELY LOW-RESISTANCE applications, or use in a VACUUM or in a "non-oxidizing" atmosphere (i.e. nitrogen or similar "noble" gas), or in a hermetically-sealed package filled with nitrogen (or noble gas).

That's my few bytes... :)

Ken

Follow Ups:

• does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - ray gregory 00:11:43 09/24/99 (11)
  • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - mtrycrafts 18:50:08 09/27/99 (9)
    • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - ray gregory 15:56:56 09/29/99 (8)
      • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - mtrycrafts 19:21:11 09/29/99 (7)
        • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - ray gregory 13:23:23 09/30/99 (6)
          • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - mtrycrafts 16:10:56 09/30/99 (5)
            • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - ray gregory 22:45:57 10/01/99 (4)
              • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - mtrycrafts 22:48:18 10/02/99 (3)
                • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - Ray Gregory 19:30:15 10/04/99 (2)
                  • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - mtrycrafts 22:58:53 10/04/99 (1)
                    • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - Ray Gregory 11:46:10 10/06/99 (0)
  • does silver ICs have any benefit for HT? - Ken Simmons 08:06:59 09/24/99 (0)

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