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MameXP said:how long can the arctic ceramique be used for? I'm using AS3 and i should reapply it every 6 months.
IMOG said:Who told you that Mame, or is that buried somewhere in the AS documentation?
AFAIK, there really is no hard rule on this... It just depends if you start to notice temperature degradation. When or if that occurs noticeably will depend on a lot of factors.
MameXP said:
I also know that artic silver is no good for long term use (you can email artic silver about it). BUt it has been a long time i forgot the details.
Artic ceramique, on the other hands, is like a highly condense "white goop" , right? I'm not sure what its made of. But its better than artic silver in long term use.
I may be wrong, but please shout out if i am
MameXP
solo said:+-
i also have a tube of as5 sitting here, maybe ill try it out later
NASA as you know puts every nut, bolt and paste through extensive long term testing, and if it isn't designed for long term use, they don't use it.
clocker2 said:
I hate to be pedantic, but this is not true.
Long term use is not a factor at all. The ability to survive a given/known number of duty cycles is what NASA, as well as other aerospace concerns, is looking for. A part doesn't have to last for multiple flights, but it DOES have to be proven to work reliably for whatever it's duty cycle is. This may be one flight ( as is the case with the heat tiles) or multiple flights.
See the difference?