Comment on Gold

• Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There is no much specifically because it is expensive.

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  • rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    there’s not much because it can be plated real thin and more is not necessary

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    • waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The accountant vs the engineer

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• Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  ? Gold would be a big upgrade over copper

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  • ricdeh@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Would it? Perhaps it wouldn’t oxidise as fast, but copper is more conductive.

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  • rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yes for corrosion resistance and ductility. no for hardness, electrical and heat conductivity. you can’t use gold or its compounds as catalysts where copper makes sense

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For what? Gold is a shit conductor compared to copper.

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    • DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s not shit, it’s top 3 behind silver and copper. But those oxidize and gold doesn’t. So a gold coated silver core is what you want.

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      • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I stand corrected. Idk why I thought it was a better conductor

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      • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Gold coating for connectors is nice. For everything else it doesn’t really matter, you get an oxide layer that prevents further oxidation.

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    • gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It has ~70% the conductivity of pure copper, it’s not “shit”

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