Conductivity.

  • wickedsid
    20th Mar 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I'm looking to find the conductivity ratios of the different materials. Specifically whether or not some materials conduct heat less than others (besides the obvious some conduct heat and some just don't). Electrical conductivity levels is one thing, and not as important because the speeds can't really be measured without assistance of tech anyhow, only toyed with in slow motion. But anyhow, i want to know whether some materials actually do conduct less heat than others or if they all conduct at the same rate. Also if anyone knows off the top of their heads, the reaction states and temperatures of the particles would be nice as well (IE melting points, burning points, state change points (besides the obvious every day ones like water).

    If there are no variations in heat conductivity amongst materials, i'd like to know so i can scrap this rather complex project i'm working on for a less complex one.
  • jacksonmj
    20th Mar 2011 Developer 0 Permalink
    Yes, heat conductivity does vary between materials.

    Currently, the only complete and accurate information on properties and state changes is the source code. Most of the information is in includes/powder.h. The wiki has some information on interpreting it.

    The heat conductivity, for example, is the last column before the element description in the ptypes array (starts around line 370).
    It varies from 0 (no heat transfer) to 251 (fastest heat transfer).
  • Ace
    20th Mar 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    The few fastest I think are (notice the think part, I haven't got the source code at the moment):
    brick
    filter
    insulator wire
  • wickedsid
    20th Mar 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    fair enough. So where do i find the source code? I'm not going to spend 48 hours sifting through a forum with no thread search option. Proletariats don't have that sort of time.
  • vanquish349
    20th Mar 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @wickedsid
    find the source on the download page and click on other platforms
  • wickedsid
    20th Mar 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Yea I'm pretty smart aren't I? I could have just clicked what Jackson posted. Ahh well, we're all entitled to as much stupidity as any other person, at least no one called me on my lack of attention. now when i get some more time i can use that as a reference.


    Thanks to you people.
  • shroom207
    20th Mar 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @wickedsid
    You lack attention ;) Ok but is he done is this thread done should it be locked?
  • wickedsid
    20th Mar 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Yea i got what i needed from this thread I believe. Unless someone else has something to add, this thread's done i think.