The best thermal materials

[deprodigy]

I need something to give those damn aliens.. where do we get thallium?

[-=NYS=- C.O.]

A gold heatsink ? Why havent they attempted do make one ?

[ZERO]

I need something to give those damn aliens.. where do we get thallium?

It is found in rat poison and pretty much any effective poison...

[whytboiz33]

how about the thermoberic bomb

[deprodigy]

yummy I love playing with poison. so if you eat a heat sink you can pretty much figure out it won't be good for you.

[313373]

A silver heatsink would probably work if it is a small one. What about a conventional copper heatsink with gold wires fabricated inside of it?

[Steamer]

The thermal conductivity of some of them.

Thallium - 46.1 W/(m·K)

Aluminium -2 37 W/(m·K)

Copper - 401 W/(m·K)

Silver - 429 W/(m·K)

Gold - 318 W/(m·K)

Gold has by far the worlds best eletrical conductivity than any other known material. That would be one heavy heat sink. Id assume silver would do a better job though as it has a higher thermal conductive threshold. Thick silver plated copper heatsink don't sound to bad IMO.

[ZERO]

Would not the plating just add increased thermal resistance as the heat must go cou -> thermal paste ->plated layer -> copper -> plated layer.

Also remember in my calculation I am looking at it's ability to actually keep the heat. I am assuming that that value is in mol so that they are the same amount of matter. But gold is a heavier element and can store more energy than silver can...