Alcohol Coolant
Alcohol Coolant
Both of you are really insightful. You pick up new things every day! Although I initially believed Al had a lower specific heat than copper, if you're confident in your calculations, I'm convinced. I haven't done much of this research, and it's been a long time since my high school physics class...
After reviewing discussions about the Cool Project, an old concept resurfaced. While working as a security guard many years ago I found myself bored and calculated the cal/cc. Is there a chart available with this data? Easy to create - density is g/cc and heat capacity is cal/g. Copper and iron showed the highest cal/cc among elements. Given the limited space in computers, copper became the best option considering how much heat it transfers per second. Just a thought. Take care.
What about Mercury? Apart from its toxicity, how could it function as a coolant? I've never encountered such a focused effort from so many brilliant people on this tiny challenge.
Hey everyone, just keep it simple—don't attempt to use liquid plutonium. Water!
The top cooler would benefit from a refrigeration cycle. This would make it more expensive to manufacture than a water cooler, but it would perform exceptionally well.
I'm not sure how well a diamond will conduct electricity...but that should be better, though carbon itself is even superior...but I remember you mentioned generally...but I wanted to bring it up...hehe...
-David
-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-
Yes, when I mentioned "generally," I should have specified "generally metals." It's mainly about how easy it is for metals to transfer electrons between molecules. They need to be pure, like copper or aluminum, because adding alloys raises both thermal and electrical resistances. I'm not very familiar with non-metallic compounds such as carbon, they have completely different molecular structures.
I'm not sure... sometimes it could reduce the resistance if you create a specific alloy... could it?
But I understand that gold with impurities won't perform at its best.
-David
-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-