everyone pretty much knows copper coils + magnets = electricity....
my question is: if other elements were made into coils would they produce electricity?
also could it be possible that a super nifty alloy of some kind could have a greater output than copper coils in generators?
to take different metal wires , you receive same voltages... but:
the different ohmic resistance from them .. give you:
different output .
because ohmic losses
can heat up the coil
so the electrical output can be less
Pese
The best conducting metal is silver.....
If I use copper plate having the same cubic inch as a coper wire winding, will it produce the same electricity?
Thanks.
Allied chemical developed a new material in the 80's called Metglas. It was the reason starter motors and alternators could be made so much smaller than was possible earlier. This is a crystallized metal product that when used in the windings provided much more with less material. Our machine shop made the ceramic nozzles for their process. So far as I know, no other material has beat this to date. Way better than copper. Hope this helps. You can probably google it for more information.
Bill
Quote from: longtong3 on February 12, 2008, 08:32:16 PM
If I use copper plate having the same cubic inch as a coper wire winding, will it produce the same electricity?
Thanks.
A copper plate probably would not be a good idea.
In the electric furnaces that they melt iron in ....... the iron they are melting is in effect a single winding in a big coil.
gary