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- From: smadden@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Steve Madden)
- Subject: Re: Insulator with good heat conductivity
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.025633.4662@trl.oz.au>
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- References: <7926@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> <1992Jul28.075319.9973@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <Bs3vrz.Jyv@news.larc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 02:56:33 GMT
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- kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:
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- >In article <7926@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> parks@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Chris Parks) writes:
- >>
- >>What is a good material (good=price + availability) which is
- >>an electrical insulator and a good conductor of heat?
- >>
- >>It will be used at temperatures as low as 4.2 Kelvin and it needs
- >>to hold up to about 200 volts / mm, heat conductivity needs to
- >>be comparable to copper. Does it exist?
-
- >If it weren't for the low temperature requirement, I would recommend some
- >of the silicone compounds, which are very good heat conductors. Mica is
- >right out. Are there any silicones that are useful at temperatures that
- >low?
- >--scott
- You don't specify how big, but diamond might be a candidate if the insulator
- is only a millimetre or so across and less than that thick. For instance,
- from the Chemical Rubber Company Handbook:
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- Material K (W/cm.k) - at 273 K
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- Cu 4.03
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- Type IIa diamond 26.2
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- Type IIb diamond 15.2
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- Type I diamond 9.94
-
- I have in the past seen adverts for diamond heat sinks at remarkably low
- prices (tens of dollars if I remember correctly), so they might not be right
- out for your application.
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