[Amps] TenTec Titan 425

Richard 2@mail.vcnet.com
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:08:41 -0800


>Dude, gold is a good conductor. The reason it is a good conductor is that
>there is a single electron in the outer shell which is relatively free to move
>about under the influence of an electric field (it is the same group as
>copper and silver). Check your periodic table. Helium, Neon, etc (Noble gases)
>have a full outer shell.
>
€  Correct.  Sorry for the technoblather.  

>As you know gold is pretty inert chemically, however. The reasons for this
>are beyond my laymen's understanding of chemistry.
>
€  me too.   

tnx, Mike


-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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