[ATM] Heat transfer

[artbianconi@blast.net]

The bathroom caulking and other generic silicone based materials 
that are sold at Home Depot are hardly in the category of the 
advanced materials you spoke of. I'd be very surprised if there 
are any retail outlets that carry it or who would special order 
just one tube.

I am not disputing the accuracy of what you wrote. What I pointed 
out is a readily available solution that the average ATM can 
easily obtain from a recognized source.

Home Depot is hardly likely to carry specialized materials with 
high heat conductivity and if they did, the average HD employee 
would not have a clue what you are talking about it, what it is 
or where it would be in the store.

When developing solutions for any design or prototyping project, 
I make it a point to use as many easily available, off-the-shelf, 
generic materials as possible and avoid as many secondary 
operations as possible (ie: machining) even if it means making a 
fundamental design change.

As creative as the typical ATM is, he or she is not likely to be 
aware of the advanced properties of the materials you speak of 
much less where to buy it conveniently. 

In order for any "solution" to be useful, it must not only be 
effective, it must be efficient too.

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify this issue. I should have 
made my reasoning clearer in the previous post and failed to do 
so.

Art
From:           	Leftfieldstar@aol.com
Date sent:      	Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:41:05 EDT
Subject:        	Re: [ATM] Heat transfer
To:             	artbianconi@blast.net

In a message dated 9/13/04 8:20:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
artbianconi@blast.net writes:

<< Silicone adhesives are optimized for gluing and/or sealing
things 
 NOT for transferring heat. If anything they are detrimental to
 rapid heat transfer. 
  >>
If you go to the GE silicone products information site, you will
find a number of filled rubber products that are used for heat
transfer. Cured filled sheet goods have been used as heatsink
insulators for years. There isn't much difference between the
thermal conduction of rubber or grease alone, its the filler 
doing the job.

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