if i may, i'd like to take a stab at this since its gonna be stalemate soon
making only educated gueses, i'd say the following:
1. the "controlled triple-phase viscosity" is true, and must be, because all things "paste" will most likely either harden or "settle" from the following: heat, gravity, and air contact
nevin *may* have stated before (i dunno if he really has): that the storage life for the tim paste can be a few decades in a fridge; which means that assuming that the paste was sealed, it would mostly likely mean that less heat within the paste is a direct influence upon the "life" or characteristics of the paste or can affect to an extent the characteristics of it
2. gravity; since arctic silver products *should* contain particles which are "suspended" within some kind of oil or what the company itself refers to as "suspension fluid" there might also be a chance that the particles *can* also either *sink* or *condense* to the bottom or float to the top, etc... i am assuming that arctic silver people are smart, so that the "suspension fluid" and the particles within have *very similar* or almost identical mass, so as to further prolong the life of the product so them silver or what have ya doesn't just *sink* or something. BUT, since there is also a possibility that the mass of the particles taken was just an average, some of the particles WILL fall or *settle* on top of each other with greater density and with pressure applied, the "suspension fluid" will be either sqeezed out or with sufficent heat the fluid will evaporate to a certain extent. the fluid *could* also contain TWO OR MORE possible other fluids that that will not evaporate but *will* take up LESS mass as to still keep the particles suspended and possibly bonded, but not as much
it is also possible that the paste or oils within might also have their own life-times and will break down with enough given exposure to either heat, gravity, or otherwise
3. and air; obviously the stuff *does* tend to dry out after a while so i am assuming that them "suspension fliuds" obviously go somewhere, e.g. evaporated or something, so as to leave more room for the paste particles or what have ya, but it does go away, and also leaving us with our third stage of the "controlled triple-phase viscosity"
obviously this is not accurate information provided by arctic silver and i don't work with thermal pastes but its the best i could come up with off the top of my head, as to also say that there might even be MORE stages or phases to the viscosity change, but i would not be able to tell unless i had some serious equipment
at least everyone now knows that there are at least THREE "phases" or what have ya
but also, nevin, (or anyone arctic silver) if you would like this post removed just say so, i don't mind, but you gotta say, and also if you got stuff to either add or change or anything, then by all means i'd love to hear it (i'm not being sarcastic) and by all means please
you too ronnie, love to hear from ya too but plz keep it persuasive
and one more thing Silversinksam, hows that swiftech vs dangerden gpu comparison comming (i'd love to know), and also would you by any chance know how much the DD maze 4 gpu weighs?
making only educated gueses, i'd say the following:
1. the "controlled triple-phase viscosity" is true, and must be, because all things "paste" will most likely either harden or "settle" from the following: heat, gravity, and air contact
nevin *may* have stated before (i dunno if he really has): that the storage life for the tim paste can be a few decades in a fridge; which means that assuming that the paste was sealed, it would mostly likely mean that less heat within the paste is a direct influence upon the "life" or characteristics of the paste or can affect to an extent the characteristics of it
2. gravity; since arctic silver products *should* contain particles which are "suspended" within some kind of oil or what the company itself refers to as "suspension fluid" there might also be a chance that the particles *can* also either *sink* or *condense* to the bottom or float to the top, etc... i am assuming that arctic silver people are smart, so that the "suspension fluid" and the particles within have *very similar* or almost identical mass, so as to further prolong the life of the product so them silver or what have ya doesn't just *sink* or something. BUT, since there is also a possibility that the mass of the particles taken was just an average, some of the particles WILL fall or *settle* on top of each other with greater density and with pressure applied, the "suspension fluid" will be either sqeezed out or with sufficent heat the fluid will evaporate to a certain extent. the fluid *could* also contain TWO OR MORE possible other fluids that that will not evaporate but *will* take up LESS mass as to still keep the particles suspended and possibly bonded, but not as much
it is also possible that the paste or oils within might also have their own life-times and will break down with enough given exposure to either heat, gravity, or otherwise
3. and air; obviously the stuff *does* tend to dry out after a while so i am assuming that them "suspension fliuds" obviously go somewhere, e.g. evaporated or something, so as to leave more room for the paste particles or what have ya, but it does go away, and also leaving us with our third stage of the "controlled triple-phase viscosity"
obviously this is not accurate information provided by arctic silver and i don't work with thermal pastes but its the best i could come up with off the top of my head, as to also say that there might even be MORE stages or phases to the viscosity change, but i would not be able to tell unless i had some serious equipment
at least everyone now knows that there are at least THREE "phases" or what have ya
but also, nevin, (or anyone arctic silver) if you would like this post removed just say so, i don't mind, but you gotta say, and also if you got stuff to either add or change or anything, then by all means i'd love to hear it (i'm not being sarcastic) and by all means please
you too ronnie, love to hear from ya too but plz keep it persuasive
and one more thing Silversinksam, hows that swiftech vs dangerden gpu comparison comming (i'd love to know), and also would you by any chance know how much the DD maze 4 gpu weighs?
