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Unread 09-19-2006, 02:05 PM   #9
phide
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Default Re: Coppers Antimicrobial properties

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Originally Posted by unreal
Thats quite cool actually - so in some ways a copper cpu block will be lower maintenance than my G5...
I believe silver's antimicrobial properties are a league above copper's, though I could certainly be wrong. There are probably hundreds of products that use some sort of "silver ion" coating and are basically immune to microbial buildup.

I think any loop using only copper and other anodically (is that a word?) similar metals will be pretty much free of algae and other growths assuming that direct sunlight is avoided at all costs.

I've been doing this for a good while with the G5, and it's really no problem at all. Hell, it's even been months since I've done a complete flushing, and I haven't seen any evidence of organic nasties.
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