On Oct 5, 2007, at 11:45 AM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
A sample k value for steel (AISI 1020) is 65, aluminum (alloy
1100) is
220 and copper is 380. Diamond (type IIa) is 1850. You can see
this is
why heat sinks are made mostly of aluminum and copper until diamond
becomes more affordable.
<heh>
But that makes me wonder: is diamond actually used anywhere for its
thermal conductivity advantages?
Diamond will become affordable only when DeBeers decides it should be.
It's worse than the oil cartels.
Gregory
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