Surface area, and consequently heat dissipation, is increased by using star-shaped, rather than round cross section, for aluminum wire. When used with modern high-temperature insulating materials, pointed-star wire is suitable for applications where low-cost light-weight wire is required.
Heat-dissipating aluminum wire
NASA Tech Briefs ; 2 , 4
1978-03-01
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