metal

[RangerJoe34]

what metal is the best for transfering heat between.......stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, titanium, or plain ol steel???

[*JEREMY*]

heh,heh you were checking out that link to that metal site wasnt you? Me too,lol I was wondering the same thing,there was a link here somewhere before that had thermal properties of metal listed but i cant find it.Im trying to find somewhere to buy a piece of silver to make a base of a heatsink.

[Ebola]

Originally posted by MaX PowerZ
heh,heh you were checking out that link to that metal site wasnt you? Me too,lol I was wondering the same thing,there was a link here somewhere before that had thermal properties of metal listed but i cant find it.Im trying to find somewhere to buy a piece of silver to make a base of a heatsink.

if your into defacing money then just get an american eagle coin and sand it down. they are 99.999% pure silver. you could probably find one for $6. the us mint releases quite a few into circulation via distributers each year. you can get old worn down peace dollars and morgan dollars for cheap too. not really the nicest thing to do to a piece of history but it would probably do wonders for cooling.

[William]

Moved Post to Cooling

[Burning Phoenix]

check this link for the periodic table of elements showing thermal conductivity. The bigger the balls the better. Don't laugh at that phrase because i can't think of a better way to describe it at this moment.
From best on downaward are:
Silver > copper > gold > aluminum > so on.....
thermal conductivity of the elements (http://www.webelements.com/webelements/properties/text/image-balls/thermal-conductivity.html)

By the way hold your mouse pointer over the ball to see what element it is.

[Crash893]

i know its out of everyones price range

but arent dimonds really conductive of heat or something werid

[Thelemac]

Originally posted by crash893
i know its out of everyones price range

but arent dimonds really conductive of heat or something werid

Yes they are. :)

[r0ckstarbob]

in that article Hoot has posted to the top of the cooling forum, dave goes into which metal transfers heat better and why, but burning phoenix has it right...

silver>copper>gold>aluminum>........steel (waaaaay down the list)

[The Overclocker]

the differenc between silver and copper is very small, not justfifing the price