¿Nichrome, Kanthal D, Kanthal A1?
Publicado: Jue, 29 Mar 2012, 14:52
Investigué un poco, hice esta tabla como referencia para compartirla en el foro:
- La principal diferencia entre el Nichrome y el Kanthal es la aleación de materiales con que están hechos.
- La variación en aleaciones altera las características / propiedades térmicas, conductivas, mecánicas, etc.
- Kanthal es una marca de "Sandvik's heating technology products and services."
- Nicrhome, patentado en 1905 por Albert Marsh.
- Entre mas grueso el alambre, menor será la resistencia, el calibre 32 AWG es mas grueos que el 36 AWG.
Nichrome:
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Aleación: principalmente nickel, cromo, hierro.
Aleación: Nickel: 60% Cromo: 16% Hierro: 24%
Temperatura (Máxima Aproximada): 1093°C
Calibre Diámetro (mm) Resistencia (ohms/mm)
32 AWG 0.202 0.0347
34 AWG 0.160 0.0557
36 AWG 0.127 0.0885
Kanthal D:
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Aleación: (Cromo 22.5% a 23.5%, Aluminio 4.8%, Hierro el resto)
Puede contener un máximo de: Carbón 0.08%, Silicio 0.7%, Manganeso 0.5%
Temperatura (Máxima de operación): 1300°C
Temperatura a la cual se funde: 1500°C
Calibre Diámetro (mm) Resistencia (ohms/mm)
~32 AWG 0.20 0.0421
~33 AWG 0.18 0.0534
---------- 0.15 0.0773
~36 AWG 0.12 0.102 a 0.121
Kanthal A-1:
Aleación: (Cromo 20.5% a 23.5%, Aluminio 5.8%, Hierro el resto)
Puede contener un máximo de: Carbón 0.08%, Silicio 0.7%, Manganeso 0.4%
Temperatura (Máxima de operación): 1400°C
Temperatura a la cual se funde: 1500°C
Calibre Diámetro (mm) Resistencia (ohms/mm)
32 AWG 0.202 0.0458
34 AWG 0.160 0.0698
Referencias:
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Nichrome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichrome
http://www.toaster.org/1900.php
http://www.toaster.org/marsh.html
Kanthal:
http://www.kanthal.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanthal
Adjunto un post que puse en VaporWall
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Yes, thicker wire means less resistance, but not necessary implies hotter wire: the thicker wire could take more time to get hotter than a thinner one, but a thinner one will have more resistance, for example, lets say you wanna make a 1.8ohms coil, to achieve that resistance with a Kanthal 32AWG wire it could take 4 wraps, with a 36AWG wire could take only 2 wraps, of course it depends also of the wick thicknes.
The 32AWG coil will have more wraps = more heating surface but maybe a little more time to achieve the same temperature of a thinner wire.
Confusing, isn't it?
So you can experiment yourself to find what is better for you, that's one of the nice things of a rebuildable attys, you can play with it and find the good spot for you.
For the Line (an others Genesis attys) you should be fine using the recommended Kanthal 32AWG for low resistance coils, it works just great using 3.7 batteries. Like Del said, you shouldn't need a variable voltage mod or stacking batteries to get more voltage. But if you still wanna make high resistance coils, you have to use thinner wire, like 36AWG.
The Ego-C battery should work fine (sometimes I use my Line and G-Tank with eGo batteries), but it is very important to be sure there are not shorts on your rebuldable atty, it is very easy to harm an eGo battery if there is some short.
What I do when I plan to use my Line with an eGo battery is first to tune the setup on another mod with a protected battery, when I am sure there are not shorts and everything is working properly, I use it on an eGo battery.
I think you can use any wire gauge between 32AWG to 36AWG, I have used the 32,34,36 AWG and a Kanthal-D 0.15 mm on the Line, I vape at 3.7V, I got the best vaping using Kanthal-A 32AWG.
The difference between Kanthal-A and Kanthal-D is the alloy,what ends in a temperature rating difference:
Kanthal A-1 up to 1400°C (2550°F).
Kanthal D: up to 1300°C (2370°F).
- La principal diferencia entre el Nichrome y el Kanthal es la aleación de materiales con que están hechos.
- La variación en aleaciones altera las características / propiedades térmicas, conductivas, mecánicas, etc.
- Kanthal es una marca de "Sandvik's heating technology products and services."
- Nicrhome, patentado en 1905 por Albert Marsh.
- Entre mas grueso el alambre, menor será la resistencia, el calibre 32 AWG es mas grueos que el 36 AWG.
Nichrome:
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Aleación: principalmente nickel, cromo, hierro.
Aleación: Nickel: 60% Cromo: 16% Hierro: 24%
Temperatura (Máxima Aproximada): 1093°C
Calibre Diámetro (mm) Resistencia (ohms/mm)
32 AWG 0.202 0.0347
34 AWG 0.160 0.0557
36 AWG 0.127 0.0885
Kanthal D:
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Aleación: (Cromo 22.5% a 23.5%, Aluminio 4.8%, Hierro el resto)
Puede contener un máximo de: Carbón 0.08%, Silicio 0.7%, Manganeso 0.5%
Temperatura (Máxima de operación): 1300°C
Temperatura a la cual se funde: 1500°C
Calibre Diámetro (mm) Resistencia (ohms/mm)
~32 AWG 0.20 0.0421
~33 AWG 0.18 0.0534
---------- 0.15 0.0773
~36 AWG 0.12 0.102 a 0.121
Kanthal A-1:
Aleación: (Cromo 20.5% a 23.5%, Aluminio 5.8%, Hierro el resto)
Puede contener un máximo de: Carbón 0.08%, Silicio 0.7%, Manganeso 0.4%
Temperatura (Máxima de operación): 1400°C
Temperatura a la cual se funde: 1500°C
Calibre Diámetro (mm) Resistencia (ohms/mm)
32 AWG 0.202 0.0458
34 AWG 0.160 0.0698
Referencias:
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Nichrome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichrome
http://www.toaster.org/1900.php
http://www.toaster.org/marsh.html
Kanthal:
http://www.kanthal.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanthal
Adjunto un post que puse en VaporWall
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Yes, thicker wire means less resistance, but not necessary implies hotter wire: the thicker wire could take more time to get hotter than a thinner one, but a thinner one will have more resistance, for example, lets say you wanna make a 1.8ohms coil, to achieve that resistance with a Kanthal 32AWG wire it could take 4 wraps, with a 36AWG wire could take only 2 wraps, of course it depends also of the wick thicknes.
The 32AWG coil will have more wraps = more heating surface but maybe a little more time to achieve the same temperature of a thinner wire.
Confusing, isn't it?
So you can experiment yourself to find what is better for you, that's one of the nice things of a rebuildable attys, you can play with it and find the good spot for you.
For the Line (an others Genesis attys) you should be fine using the recommended Kanthal 32AWG for low resistance coils, it works just great using 3.7 batteries. Like Del said, you shouldn't need a variable voltage mod or stacking batteries to get more voltage. But if you still wanna make high resistance coils, you have to use thinner wire, like 36AWG.
The Ego-C battery should work fine (sometimes I use my Line and G-Tank with eGo batteries), but it is very important to be sure there are not shorts on your rebuldable atty, it is very easy to harm an eGo battery if there is some short.
What I do when I plan to use my Line with an eGo battery is first to tune the setup on another mod with a protected battery, when I am sure there are not shorts and everything is working properly, I use it on an eGo battery.
I think you can use any wire gauge between 32AWG to 36AWG, I have used the 32,34,36 AWG and a Kanthal-D 0.15 mm on the Line, I vape at 3.7V, I got the best vaping using Kanthal-A 32AWG.
The difference between Kanthal-A and Kanthal-D is the alloy,what ends in a temperature rating difference:
Kanthal A-1 up to 1400°C (2550°F).
Kanthal D: up to 1300°C (2370°F).