From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 23 1:36: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B459837B55D for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:35:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au) Received: by border.alcanet.com.au id <115316>; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:35:47 +1000 Content-return: prohibited Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:35:33 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Hardware in space? In-reply-to: <20000623090738.D79514@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 09:07:38AM +1000 To: Narvi , handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-Id: <00Jun23.183547est.115316@border.alcanet.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <4.1.20000622075529.00979b80@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> <20000623090738.D79514@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2000-Jun-23 09:07:38 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: >Aluminium has a specific heat of ~0.95J/g per degree C. >Good alternatives include lithium (3.3J/g/degree) and water Another reference gives Al 0.90 J/g/K and Li 3.4 J/g/K. >- Using latent heat of fusion: ie melting a solid. I can't find any good suggestions of suitable materials in my (general) chemistry texts. > Alternatively, Rose's Metal (from memory) might do. Having checked, I meant Wood's Metal - a BiCdPbSn alloy melting at 65C (which is probably the upper reasonable temperature limit). Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message