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snowwie · 11-28-2003, 06:31 PM

now we have to lap 'em

not to acheive the flat surface as that issue has been wasted by now, but that the nickel plate finish bothers me.

you can see that they leave the copper bare for the soldering (or whatever the hell it is that they do), so at least that is a TIM joint we can be much less worried about, not that we have a choice anyway.

what is the difference in heat conductivity we would find from the nickel plate finish being there? is it really much, or not? I know that there probably wouldn't be a difference in even 1 degree C, but it is still somehting to think about.

11-28-2003, 06:31 PM	#7
snowwie Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 154	now we have to lap 'em not to acheive the flat surface as that issue has been wasted by now, but that the nickel plate finish bothers me. you can see that they leave the copper bare for the soldering (or whatever the hell it is that they do), so at least that is a TIM joint we can be much less worried about, not that we have a choice anyway. what is the difference in heat conductivity we would find from the nickel plate finish being there? is it really much, or not? I know that there probably wouldn't be a difference in even 1 degree C, but it is still somehting to think about.