Hello /sci
We are looking for a material that meets the following three conditions:
It should be able to withstand a fire (temperatures of maximum 1200 degrees celsius (2192 F) in our conditions)
It should be able to act as an antenna (electrically conductive)
It should not be heat transferring (to prevent it from grilling the electronic component that it is attached to.
So short story long, we want to make a component that is able to transfer some data, while inside a burning building. So we seem to have solved the problem of cooling and protecting the other electronic components with some heavy isolation, but we fear that an antenna made of kobber or steel will be too much of a heat bridge. Furthermore, it is not possible to have the antenna inside the heat shield, as that will weaken the signal too much. So we hope that you guys in here can help us find a material that does just what we want.
Feel free to ask if my gibberish english is not clear enough :)
Thanks everyone in advance!
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>>7780410
I doubt you can find such material.
Have you considered a combination of materials?
I'm sure you could find a combination of all three required properties.
>>7780410
Tungsten?
But why don't you get an long list of metals and alloys along with their heat and electrical conductivities ? Then you can select the best one for your use case.
>>7780457
We thought about that, but tungsten is quite hard to work with in terms of shaping the material. I talked to a smith, who said that you can't shape it as you want
>>7780425
In what way do you imagine combining the materials to get the properties?
>>7780410
>Furthermore, it is not possible to have the antenna inside the heat shield, as that will weaken the signal too much.
I think you're better of re-examining this.
>>7780410
>It should be able to withstand a fire (temperatures of maximum 1200 degrees celsius (2192 F)
For how long?
aluminum foil, clay.