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Re:Picking up glowing hot space shuttle tiles with bare hand... by hnarn on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:05PM (#22657597)
That's my point. If you're designing a suit that should stop yourself from being electrocuted it sounds weird saying that copper has "excellent" conductivity, it's not really excellent in the context you're talking about.
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Re:Picking up glowing hot space shuttle tiles with bare hand... by dwighttk on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:24PM (#22657770)
"Copper has excellent conductivity therefore it wouldn't be a great material to make a suit out of if you want to stop yourself from being electrocuted... You'd want a material that was an excellent insulator!"
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Re:Picking up glowing hot space shuttle tiles with bare hand... by hnarn on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:44PM (#22657936)
As I've said, it sounds weird to me but apparently not to you so let's leave it at that.
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