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Heat-Conducting Carbon Foam

anvilmark writes "ABCNews has an article about a new carbon based thermal conducting foam. Very pricey to produce but has 4-5 times the efficiency of copper at 1/5th the weight of aluminum. ORNL technical documentation available here and here. Sounds like the perfect heat sink shim to me."

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  1. hrm... by HobbitGod42 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Lets use this to make new heatsinks (suggested in article) I wanna oc my 386 to a 1ghz computer... will this help :)

  2. Re:Goofy comparisons by trixillion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Absolutely, in fact diamond has the highest heat capacity of any naturally occuring solid, while at the same time being a good insulator when undoped.