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The first heatsink to make use of directional carbon nanotubes.
http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=7571
http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=7571
Originally posted by: Howard
So they have a base material that conducts heat well... One can already have their HS base coated with diamond if they choose.
Originally posted by: Tyrant222
VERY cool stuff. Wonder how much it cost to build.
Originally posted by: Oscar1613
screw that... i'm waiting for this
Originally posted by: Howard
So they have a base material that conducts heat well... One can already have their HS base coated with diamond if they choose.
Originally posted by: Nyati13
Originally posted by: Howard
So they have a base material that conducts heat well... One can already have their HS base coated with diamond if they choose.
Diamonds don't conduct heat well at all.... very poorly in fact.
Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: Nyati13
Originally posted by: Howard
So they have a base material that conducts heat well... One can already have their HS base coated with diamond if they choose.
Diamonds don't conduct heat well at all.... very poorly in fact.
Diamond has an average thermal conductivity of 1000 Watts/m-K. Only problem with diamonds conducting heat would be related to available surface area...
CNTs can have up to 6000 Watts/m-K thermal conductivity as long as their chirality permits. (you want the metalic which occurs if the n,m value is divisible by 3)
Try up to 2000.Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: Nyati13
Originally posted by: Howard
So they have a base material that conducts heat well... One can already have their HS base coated with diamond if they choose.
Diamonds don't conduct heat well at all.... very poorly in fact.
Diamond has an average thermal conductivity of 1000 Watts/m-K. Only problem with diamonds conducting heat would be related to available surface area...