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ZiNgA BuRgA · 02/12/2010 06:19 PM

Maybe silver corrodes more easily than gold.
Dunno.

EDIT: apparently silver is fairly unreactive too: http://www.docbrown.info/page03/Reactivity.htm#silver
Maybe there's some other reason, such as costs to meld silver?? Seems unlikely though.

Barcelona · 02/12/2010 06:42 PM

(02/12/2010 06:19 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: Maybe silver corrodes more easily than gold.
Dunno.

EDIT: apparently silver is fairly unreactive too: http://www.docbrown.info/page03/Reactivity.htm#silver
Maybe there's some other reason, such as costs to meld silver?? Seems unlikely though.

Well i looked up the melting points of the two metals and silver is lower
(silver= 1763.20 °F,
gold= 1947.9741 °F)

So its not that either...

however, after reading a little more on the link you posted, i found this

Quote:Of the metals commonly used for conductors, copper has a high conductivity. Silver is more conductive, but due to cost it is not practical in most cases. However, it is used in specialized equipment, such as satellites, and as a thin plating to mitigate skin effect losses at high frequencies. Because of its ease of connection by soldering or clamping, copper is still the most common choice for most light-gauge wires.

I think this webpage is extremely outdated, or has been tampered with, hoping for the best, im going to do a little more research...

OK, after thoroughly reading through that wiki, i stumbled upon this,

Quote:Because it does not corrode, gold is used for high-quality surface-to-surface contacts.

so according to wikipedia, gold is used so that the computer lasts longer.

EDIT: because i wasn't satisfied, i did MORE research that proves my theory
as said here:

Quote:It's an issue of corrosion.
Gold contacts maintain a better connection, longer.

Like Tom posted.....a search will bring up the reasons why.

found on this forum asking the exact same question wee have been pondering
http://forums.techguy.org/random-discuss...uitry.html

trademark91 · 02/12/2010 06:52 PM

great minds think alike lol

DAMMIT ZINGA GET RID OF THE WORD FILTER FOR LOL!

Barcelona · 02/12/2010 06:54 PM

(02/12/2010 06:52 PM)trademark91 Wrote: great minds think alike lol

DAMMIT ZINGA GET RID OF THE WORD FILTER FOR LOL!

but the greater minds think faster

trademark91 · 02/12/2010 07:06 PM

meh. i figure im going at just the right speed. id say my mind operates on a core 2 quad at 3.6ghz

i overclocked it. but that means it needs some great coolant (music). and spends most of its time idling.

Barcelona · 02/12/2010 07:09 PM

oh, i think in pictures... and i guess my brain runs off of... neurons

lembas · 02/12/2010 07:15 PM

(02/12/2010 07:06 PM)trademark91 Wrote: meh. i figure im going at just the right speed. id say my mind operates on a core 2 quad at 3.6ghz

i overclocked it. but that means it needs some great coolant (music). and spends most of its time idling.

lol.

I think my brain operates on a single core at 66MHz.

Barcelona · 02/12/2010 07:26 PM

(02/12/2010 07:15 PM)lembas Wrote:
(02/12/2010 07:06 PM)trademark91 Wrote: meh. i figure im going at just the right speed. id say my mind operates on a core 2 quad at 3.6ghz

i overclocked it. but that means it needs some great coolant (music). and spends most of its time idling.

lol.

I think my brain operates on a single core at 66MHz.

Whoa! im not sure i could keep up with that.

Barcelona · 02/12/2010 07:37 PM

YAY!

ZiNgA BuRgA · 02/12/2010 07:42 PM

(02/12/2010 06:42 PM)Barcelona Wrote: so according to wikipedia, gold is used so that the computer lasts longer.

EDIT: because i wasn't satisfied, i did MORE research that proves my theory
as said here:

Quote:It's an issue of corrosion.
Gold contacts maintain a better connection, longer.

Like Tom posted.....a search will bring up the reasons why.

found on this forum asking the exact same question wee have been pondering
http://forums.techguy.org/random-discuss...uitry.html

You're looking at the wrong thing. Copper corrodes - I think everyone knows that.
However, silver doesn't corrode easily, and is cheaper than gold, plus has higher conductivity (though this point is probably moot). If anything, I'd expect the cost to be a significant factor. At time of writing, silver is around 49 times cheaper than gold: http://www.kitco.com/market/

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