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Originally posted by Cathar
Keep dropping that thickness down Les.
6mm is WAY too thick.
Don't stop with whole millimetres either. The devil truly is in the fine details here.
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I am somewhat surprised to see improvements below 1mm
As a rough guide I still rely on the Christmas tree.
I find it difficult to envisage Heat Transfer Coeffs (to the bp) from 1mm spaced fins exceeding ~ 100kW/m*m**k unless velocties exceed ~10m/s. Eg
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For my own purposes I will probably use any thinner piece of copper that falls in my hands. I am only interested in "look-see" and have no developement objective.