Dave wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:52:07 GMT, Brian Whatcott
said:

How does the coefficient of expansion of aluminum compare to the coefficient
of expansion of stainless wire?

Thermal coeff of Aluminum is double that of Stainless, in round
numbers

Actually, it was a rhetorical question.

Maybe, but the same question was asked yesterday in our local newsgroup.

Dag Stenberg