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On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 9:52:54 AM UTC-5, wrote:

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a) Wire conductivity, irrespective of material, is a function of surface area
and gauge amongst other factors.

It's mostly a function of cross-section area at DC. As frequency rises
and skin effect begins to be important, surface area starts to matter,
so more, finer strands might be better, *but only if the individual
strands are insulated from each other*.

Isaac