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   From: don@manx.misty.com   
      
   In article , JosephKK wrote:   
   >On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:45:08 -0700, John Larkin   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 21 Apr 2008 03:03:32 GMT, JosephKK  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 20 Apr 2008 13:59:36 -0700, Don Bowey wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>Do you have a solid reference for that?  "Credible" references I found   
   >>>>said they were silicon.   
   >>>   
   >>>The most conclusive evidence i know of, is someone here who actually   
   >>>put one to test and the result was germanium.   A heck of a lot of   
   >>>"official" or "authoritative" records are pure fertilizer.   
   >>   
   >>What test?   
   >   
   >V(f) @ 1 mA.  Result < 180 mV.  Thus Ge, not Si.   
      
     I have seen silicon schottky diodes that drop about .3 volt at 1 amp.   
      
    - Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)   
      
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