Actually silver is a better heat conductor than gold, but suffers
from oxidation problems :)

I do want some silver core pots and pans, or straight silver to make
caramel.

But settling for copper and stainless. Which begs the question why
not copper pipes running up front? Corrosion wouldn't be too bad
inside and if thick walled enough the outside should last just as
long as the nice old gutters on buildings (unless one runs the van
through H2SO4 habitually). Of course we isolate stray electric
currents with silicon or rubber tubing at each end.

Alistair

On 28-Jun-06, at 5:44 PM, Randy Bergum wrote:

You want good heat conduction in a metal pipe?

try solid GOLD!

Doesn't rust, and soon to be cheaper than OEM parts.

Stainless is not so hot for conduction, but better than rubber.
Aluminum is much better, but it gets religious (holey-er than thou).

I think SS is the best for our lifetimes.

Randy Bergum
1990 Carat - original plastic toobs.