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Originally posted by Brad
I've seen all this before at those 3 other forums, very cool work, the one thing I want to ask is even though methanol and water have a lower thermal conductivity and heat capacity, because when you add methanol the viscosity drops so much, would a methanol and water mix be better than straight water at ambient temps?
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technically yes... according to the numbers, when using a meth/water solution, theres actually an 11% increase in performance over water at all temperatures...
now, how this translates into real world figures, i'd say you'd be pretty hard pressed to see the performance increase truthfully. i think it's more of a "in the event of a coin toss, you've now got a 52% chance of getting tails instead of just a 50%". i think the real benefits start to make themselves evident the colder you go.
and alas SonixOS, much of my data was backed up and confirmed from St Google, though the original numbers came from a combination of up-to-date texts on the subject and people in the industry. Feel free to use the data in whole or in part in whatever you're doing if you think it would help.
Jessfm, thanks mr man... very cool of you to publish me. my name is Scott Gamble
am glad y'all find this useful. these are some nice forums you have here.
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