NickB- As I said in that post I've worked with aluminum for many, many years and have a pretty good idea of what it weighs in sizes familiar to me. Aluminum has a density (pounds per cu inch) of 0.0975 while brass has a density of .308. When I picked up the bare Devialet case I knew immediately this is not aluminum. Had it been maybe only 1.5 or 2X as heavy as aluminum it might not have even caught my attention. But brass being nigh on 3.16X heavier than aluminum it just screamed "too heavy" and I knew immediately something was awry with my original thought of it being alloy. Trust me no one wanted it to be brass less than me. I had pinned all hopes and planned tweaks related to this upgrade on it being aluminum. No one is hurt/disappointed by this outcome more than me. But as promised I'll confirm its not aluminum within a few hours and brass remains the biggest suspect.
thumb5- Who knows what Devialet is thinking? Only thing I know to be true is this stuff would make a better potholder than thermally conductive medium. You can wrap it around a finger and touch a flame or incredibly hot surface for quite an extended period without discomfort. Wouldn't be in my first couple hundred choices for efficiently transferring heat and it won't be re-used on reassembly. If you look at materials used specifically for heat transfer you'll find them to be pastes, typically containing silver/copper particulate matter that are known thermally conductive particles and used in incredibly thin layers rather than thick insulative resilient 'blankets." Whether its for heat transfer or heat insulation there are better choices available to me. But I will be spending some time with it making comparisons from which I'll develop another approach which I'll disclose along with why once chosen.
thumb5- Who knows what Devialet is thinking? Only thing I know to be true is this stuff would make a better potholder than thermally conductive medium. You can wrap it around a finger and touch a flame or incredibly hot surface for quite an extended period without discomfort. Wouldn't be in my first couple hundred choices for efficiently transferring heat and it won't be re-used on reassembly. If you look at materials used specifically for heat transfer you'll find them to be pastes, typically containing silver/copper particulate matter that are known thermally conductive particles and used in incredibly thin layers rather than thick insulative resilient 'blankets." Whether its for heat transfer or heat insulation there are better choices available to me. But I will be spending some time with it making comparisons from which I'll develop another approach which I'll disclose along with why once chosen.
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