Some questions:
- How much percentage are synthetic diamonds better at transferring heat than metals like copper and other metals in todays cooling devices for computerchips ? A rough percentage estimate is good enough for me.
- Does it make sense to use synthetic diamonds for cpu coolers or is there another limiting factor, like maybe the ammount of heat that can be transfered to the air ?
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. [Received Email] Hi D
The atoms of any crystal are in a state of vibration, their average kinetic energy being measured by the absolute temperature of the crystal. In certain phenomena it becomes evident that this energy is divided into discrete bundles; the energy bundles behave like particles in some respects and are termed phonons.
With diamond particles in a thermal adhesive, when these phonons reach the outer edge of a diamond particle it seems they tend to be reflected back into the particle rather than conveying the energy (heat) to the resin or an adjacent diamond particle.
We are working on solutions to this phenomenon, but simply adding diamond powder to an existing thermal adhesive or making a thermal adhesive with pure diamond filler is not nearly as effective nor as simple as it would seem to be.
This being said, our OEM customers consistently tell use that our adhesives are the best performing ones available. You may be interested in our Medium Cure Ceramic Epoxy and our Slow Cure Ceramic Epoxy. The Slow Cure Ceramic Epoxy performs on par with out silver adhesives.
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I know that diamond is an excellent heat conductor and I'm curious as to why Artic Silver does not have an "ultimate thermally conductive" adhesive? I realize price might be higher but some people don't mind.