New cooling ideas....

OK, here goes. I got a buddy who works with a chemical engineering firm. they're working on a new H20 substitute that he "accidentally" brought home a sample of. This stuff has a freezing point of minus 50 celcius and a boiling point of 175 celcius. Also has NO conductivity whatsoever.

We were thinkin of runnin it through a standard water setup (non-corrosive, non-toxic, shouldn't hurt the pump, tube, or blocks) and then mebbe through a water chiller.

Some more information on this stuff:

Average molecular weight = 670
Boiling point = 174 deg C
Gel point = -50 deg C
Density = 1.88 gm/cm3
Vapor pressure = 1.3 torrr
Specific heat = 0.25 cal/g
Dielectric Strength = 40KV over a 1" gap
Volume Resistivity = 2.3x10 to 75th power (very large number) ohms
over 1 cm
Appearance = Clear/Colorless, odorless liquid

Hope this helps. By my figuring, it is twice as dense as water, evaporates much slower, and has as much, if not more, heat capacity. I don't exactly remember the formula for calculating heat capacity from physics, so feel free to correct me.


Oh, and it conducts almost NO electricity (leaks are no longer a problem!)

Also, supposedly corrosion free on plastics and metals, and according the the R&D guy, nothing can survive in it, so no parasites!

Anybody know of a good chiller setup that we could fit in a case w/this thing?

Comments, questions, etc.

If it's true I'm interested in it.

if it evaporates slow..then i would suggest a bong setup..that way you wouldn't have to refill it as much

By any chance is this liquid "Flourinert"? If is is, it's over $200 a gallon

any chance you know a chemical name for this stuff? it sounds like a good candidate for submersion cooling.

Freeloader said:

By any chance is this liquid "Flourinert"? If is is, it's over $200 a gallon

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Nah, I don't think so anyway. If I remember correctly, flourinert evaporates almost as fast as alcohol.

Sounds like you need to keep us posted about your results! And watch out jumping into chillers too quickly. That stated gel point may be -50C, but pumps may overheat and die before that's reached as the viscosity increases.
Try just hanging a heatercore out the window for now. North Dakota will surely take it from there...brrrrr.

Chemical composition is carbon, hydrogen, and flouride, I believe. Not too sure, though. Trying to get more info than what's on the label.

slow evaporation would sorta defet the reason of a bong, bongs get sub-ambiant temps from the evaportaion of water.