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Liquid Metal CPU Cooling

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the doesn't-look-that-great dept.

IceFoot writes "Bored with water cooling? Try a liquid metal cooler. It's a proven technology, used in nuclear reactors for decades because it carries heat away much better than a heat sink, heat pipe, or water cooling."

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  1. liquid sodium by avandesande · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They use liquid sodium metal in nuclear reactors. you do NOT want this in your computer.

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  2. Too dangerous? by oldosadmin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The only metal that would be molten at the appropriate temperature would be Mercury. Putting Mercury in a CPU cooler would probably have a high risk of leakage, and killing ppl with mercury poisoning.

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  3. Re:That's a little... extreme by ledow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I should imagine that they are probably thinking more along the lines of mercury... liquid at room temperature.

  4. Re:That's a little... extreme by wolenczak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How about mercury? it's liquid at room temperature IIRC

  5. Sure, it's all well and good... by spun · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Until the liquid metal escapes out of the cooling system and turns into Robert Patrick.

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