Strong Copper, Still Conductive

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Episode 103 of the Professor Alex Volinsky podcast. Electrical hardware needs copper's conductivity, but pure copper is soft. The classic answer is precipitation hardening: fine particles block dislocations while the cleaned matrix conducts. The paper's specific findings are not retrievable. Based on the paper: Excellent Mechanical Properties and High Electrical Conductivity of Cu-Co-Si-Ti Alloy due to Multiple Strengthening; Y. Geng, Y. Ban, X. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Jia, B. Tian, M. Zhou, Y. Liu, A.A. Volinsky, K. Song, S. Tang; Materials Science and Engineering A, 2021, Vol. 821 (article 141639). Hosts Elena and Marcus. AI-generated voices.

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