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- From: rosentha@bldrdoc.gov (Peter Rosenthal 303-497-5844)
- Newsgroups: sci.materials
- Subject: Re: Insulator with good heat conductivity
- Message-ID: <4857@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 16:21:30 GMT
- References: <7926@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> <1992Jul28.075319.9973@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul28.075319.9973@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder) writes:
- >In article <7926@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> parks@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Chris Parks) writes:
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- >>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?
- >>
- >>Note: Diamond may be ideal but not practical!
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- >Sapphire has been mentioned to me as such a material. You do not mention in
- >what form: shape, size this material must be or how much of it you need.
- >I believe that you can get man-made sapphire substrates. They are probably
- >not cheap, but surely cheaper than diamond.
- >
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- Actually, Sapphire is quite cheap. A polished two-inch wafer costs
- about 125 bucks. It is used in UHV viewports up to at least 4 inch
- diameters. Berylium oxide is another option. Not transparent, but
- a great heat conductor. Deadly toxic though.
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- Peter Rosenthal
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