Re: principle of heat pipe? was Brazing of tungsten

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Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ludev-at-videotron.ca>

Hi John

See this:

http://www.heatpipe-dot-com/heatpipes.htm
http://www.cheresources-dot-com/htpipes.shtml

Cheers

Luc

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> 
> In a message dated 8/10/01 10:26:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
> 
> > I have considered using an industrial "heat pipe" as a cooling element in a
> >  static gap, but have not played with it yet. A heat pipe will have
hundreds
> >  of times better heat transfer ability compared to a solid copper rod of
> >  equivalent size. At one time these were novel and quite expensive, but are
> >  now very commonly used in many industrial applications. I sometimes
> >  comeacross them as surplus.
> >
> >  Scott
> 
> Scott,
> 
> What is the principle of the heat pipe?  Is there a liquid metal
> inside or something that helps transfer the heat?  Can these
> heat pipes be easily home-made?
> 
> Thanks
> John Freau