I read in !emc-pstc that Fred Townsend <f...@poasana.com> wrote (in <3e3a35fb.6ecc...@poasana.com>) about 'BeCu problem' on Fri, 31 Jan 2003: >BeO has seven times better thermal conductivity than AlO (alumina). There is >no real substitute for BeO at high power levels. It is still used by the >Military in high power radar applications such as tubes.
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