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To: bedolido
"Diamond is not only the hardest substance known, it also has the highest thermal conductivity."

Higher than gold? Surprising if true, which I doubt.

--Boris

69 posted on 08/18/2003 10:18:33 AM PDT by boris (Education is always painful; pain is always educational.)
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To: boris
I take it back. Amazing:

317 W/m-K gold
2200 W/m-K diamond

74 posted on 08/18/2003 10:21:20 AM PDT by boris (Education is always painful; pain is always educational.)
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To: boris
Higher [thermal conductivity] than gold? Surprising if true, which I doubt.

Yep, much higher than gold. And if you make diamond out of all C12 isotopes it gets even better.

for electron pushers this is a VERY BIG DEAL.

If we could just dope it for N-type, we'd be all set!

95 posted on 08/18/2003 10:40:12 AM PDT by null and void (I learned all I needed to know when a møøselimb co-worker objected to my cubicle Flag. On 9/12!)
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To: boris
True; much higher about 5 times, I googled it with "thermal conductivity+diamond"
150 posted on 08/18/2003 10:09:25 PM PDT by Old Professer
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