Is brass a better heat conductor then silver
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Is brass a better heat conductor then silver

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If you can, please give a scientific reason...

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silver by a factor of 4

Ag has heat conductivity of 406 W/mK
Brass (being a variable alloy has varaible answers) but ~ 109 W/mK

heat conduction in metals is by the electrons

brass being an alloy will find that there are more "scattering" events and the mean free path is smaller of a so-called free electron compared to a pure metal; brass is mainly Cu but Cu has a conductivity of 385 W/mK - comparabel to pure Ag

It is the scattering that slows down brass conduction
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