i'm looking at upgrading my chiller and i've found that stainless IC chillers are cheaper then copper. So ok they probably don't chill as well as copper and the question becomes how much better is copper then stainless at chilling wort.
i found this link that shows the thermal conductivity of various materials and copper has about 10X the thermal conductivity over stainless. does that mean it will take 10' of stainless for every 1' of copper to cool the same amount of wort?
Thermal Conductivity of Metals
Copper, pure 68 223
Stainless Steel 68 7-26
i found this link that shows the thermal conductivity of various materials and copper has about 10X the thermal conductivity over stainless. does that mean it will take 10' of stainless for every 1' of copper to cool the same amount of wort?
Thermal Conductivity of Metals
Copper, pure 68 223
Stainless Steel 68 7-26