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Long Haired Git · 04-10-2006, 08:14 PM

Thin walled brass can have the same thermal properties as thick walled copper.
Brass's thermal resistance is worse, but the measure is unit of thickness so thinner is fine. Radiators are made with brass tubes after all.....

04-10-2006, 08:14 PM	#7
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	Re: Square copper tube/pipe Thin walled brass can have the same thermal properties as thick walled copper. Brass's thermal resistance is worse, but the measure is unit of thickness so thinner is fine. Radiators are made with brass tubes after all..... __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)