[quotemsg=20194491,0,2097738][quotemsg=20193983,0,35894][quotemsg=20193194,0,2097738]I think you need to check the definition of a Fluid. A fluid is a LIQUID or a GAS. Water is a liquid and a fluid. Air is a fluid. Also, I think using Radiator Home Heating nomenclature in a discussion about the cooling of electronic equipment is rather off base.[/quotemsg]
I'm not going to debate this with you... I fist taught college level Fluid Mechanics in 1976 and have been a practicing engineer in the field for almost 30 years establishing my own consulting firm 25 years ago.
Perhaps when you get a bit more experience in water cooling, you will recognize that home heating has nothing to do with this subject. And the subject her is "liquid cooling" not fluid cooling. I am talking about products specifically made for PC water cooling ... and yes, I have bought and used both from frozencpu.com.
This is a PC Watercooling Heat Exchanger... it exchanges heat between one liquid and another
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9915/ex-rad-171/Koolance_HXP-193_Plate_Heat_Exchanger_no_nozzles.html?tl=g30c95s1056
Used in various industries, plate heat exchangers provide highly efficient heat transfer between two liquids without allowing them to mix. Koolance plate heat exchangers are among the most compact and cost effective available.
This is a PC Watercooling Radiator.. it exchanges heat between one liquid and another
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/18794/ex-rad-491/Alphacool_NexXxoS_Monsta_Triple_140mm_Radiator_-_80mm_Thick.html?tl=g30c95s667
Used in various industries,
radiators provide efficient heat transfer between a liquid and air without allowing them to mix.
WELL, when you start listing credentials, I guess you've lost the debate !
And REALLY--You quoting 8th Grade Science to me was genuinely precious !!
The bottom line is that there is NO HEAT PIPE in this card .
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I'd say he got burned or rather ... subjected himself to more heat than he was able to dissipate before structural integrity was compromised.
I find it funny that heat can also roughly be defined as a transfer of energy without any work being done (waste heat).
Energy lost as heat has been a major theme for this article and its forum, both in the literal and metaphorical sense.