Re: principle of heat pipe? was Brazing of tungsten

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Original poster: "Jason Johnson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Not sure on this one, but I think that a heat pipe is a material such as
ZnSe that transfers heat very readily. ZnSe is a material used in the optics
of CO2 lasers, and is virtaully transparent to Infrared or heat energy. It
allows heat (depending on the wavelenght of the IR) to pass through much as
light through glass.

<< Jason R. Johnson >>
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Subject: Re: principle of heat pipe? was Brazing of tungsten


> 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
>
>
>
>