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Brian
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No, not quite. Silver sulphide is an insulator with a resisitivity of ~ 2. 10-3 Ohm.m (or about 100,000 times that of pure silver). Silver suphide is however very soft, so the tarnish film will be easily cut through to the base silver plating when a plug is inserted into the socket.
As such the sockets shouldn't need 'cleaning'.
Last edited by Barry; 08-02-2017 at 19:54. Reason: Addition
Barry
It's an interesting topic
-3. -1
10 to the power of -3(Ω cm)to the power of -1 Is the formula I have for electrical conductivity. Can't put this in the correct format for some reason?
Silver Sulphide is also used as a semiconductor.
It has interesting properties as discovered by Michael Faraday in 1833.
Resistors using Silver have been known to 'grow' Silver Sulphide whiskers causing a direct short.
None of this really helps the OP though, it is interesting. If anyone needs to discuss the conductivity of above I suggest starting a new topic on this issue.
Gary
Naim quote:
silver sulphide (Ag2S) is a semiconductor, ... "The nominal resistivity of silver sulfide is 0.1 to 10 ohm-m
Which is quite a bit higher than the figure I gave.
Barry
I have ordered the second one you recommended Brian and in fact it looks very similar to my current double socket. A few years back I went from a switched to an unswitched copper to and An unwitched silver and the difference was noticeable. The unswitched silver also has nice tight sockets.
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Good James , please keep us posted
Regards
Brian
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )
Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG