RAM Electronics Industries Inc. - Understanding Audio and Video Wire and Cable

RAM Electronics Industries Inc. - Understanding Audio and Video Wire and Cable

Before we get into cables themselves, you need to know what a conductor is.

Conductors
What is a Conductor?
An Electrical conductor is an element (remember the periodic table in chemistry?) which conducts electricity, as opposed to an insulator, which does not, or a semiconductor which allows some electricity to pass. There are also alloys that have different electrical characteristics, and platings or other element to element contacts such as in connectors which also have electrical characteristics as well as chemical characteristics in their applications. Simply stated - it is not just a matter of connect metal to metal and you have a good connection. The best connectivity designs take into account the source connector materials, the receiving device connector materials, the cable connector materials, the conductor materials and the electrical and chemical ways in which they interact with one another.

Meet the Conductors - Silver, Copper, Gold, Tin, Nickel, Steel

Silver is the best conductor, with a very slight edge over copper. Silver also has the benefit of having oxidation that conducts as well as unoxidized silver.
Copper is the next best conductor, with about 1.05 times the ...

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