Artic Coolers: What is the coolant in the pipes? 1

[johnbullas]

Good Afternoon!

I use Arctic Coolers' Freezer 4s

http://images.google.co.uk/images?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=arctic cooler freezer 4

and

Silencer 64s

http://images.google.co.uk/images?s...window=1&safe=off&q=arctic+cooler+silencer+64

on a number of MBs, and having bent one by mistake and having sucessfully re-bent it in to a more right angled form without the release of any coolant, the question arises.... what is the coolant in the copper pipework, simply water and an anti-corrosion agent? I can't imagine anything as sophisticated as freon in there!

JB



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[wahnula]

There should not be anything in there except air. This looks like a heatpipe, a common technology to carry heat from the core to the radiator fins where it can be whooshed away by the fan.

Tony

 

[paparazi]

wahnula, there is a bit more to it than simple conduction otherwise the manufacturers would simply use copper plate not pipes.
See:

http://www.npowertek.com/what.html

Martin

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[johnbullas]

Ah ha!!!!.

"Most pipes use water and methanol/alcohol as working fluid."

... however I liked:

"This process will provide high power handling, low temperature gradients and high capillary forces for anti-gravity applications.":

http://www.npowertek.com/what.html

So that is why we have to fasten the PCs at work down with metal cables ... to stop them being lost out of open windows and doors drifting in the eddy currents cause by the adjacent cooling fans

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