If it was about thermal conductivity, people wouldn't mount them inside of concrete or wrap them in insulation.<P>In the case of a radiator, your object is sheer surface area, and copper is too ...

In the world of electricity, copper is king—for now. That could change with new research from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that is serving up a recipe to increase the conductivity of ...

RICHLAND, Wash.—A common carbon compound is enabling remarkable performance enhancements when mixed in just the right proportion with copper to make electrical wires. It’s a phenomenon that defies ...

Nanostructuring of aluminium alloys has emerged as a powerful strategy to transcend the conventional trade-off between mechanical strength and electrical conductivity. By refining grain size to the ...