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- From: snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder)
- Subject: Re: Insulator with good heat conductivity
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.212752.1629@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
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- Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
- References: <7926@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> <1992Jul28.075319.9973@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <4857@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 21:27:52 GMT
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- In article <4857@dove.nist.gov> rosentha@bldrdoc.gov (Peter Rosenthal 303-497-5844) writes:
- >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:
- >>>
- >>>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!
- >
- >
- >>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.
- >>
- >
- >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
- ^^^^^^^^^
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- I guess I should also have said, "It depends on your definition of cheap."
- I generally work with 1 inch diameter wafers, either Corning 0211, 7059,
- Silicon wafers, or polished fused silica. The latter is most expensive,
- and costs, (as of about 2 years ago, about $16.00 each). So compared
- to them, sapphire is not cheap.
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- >diameters. Berylium oxide is another option. Not transparent, but
- >a great heat conductor. Deadly toxic though.
- >
- >Peter Rosenthal
- >
- >
- >--
- >Peter Rosenthal Email rosenthal@cmg.eeel.nist.gov
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