dragforcequeen Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 So I have been looking into heat dissipation and aside from silver, I have narrowed it down to aluminum and copper heat tape. I have heard that copper heat tape is preferred for heat dissipation but it has a lower specific heat than aluminum. My initial theory was that the higher the specific heat, the faster rate of dissipation. Am I missing something? Should I continue with using copper tape for heat dissipation. Any to all advice is greatly appreciated, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Aluminium has a higher specific capacity for a given mass than copper, but copper has a higher specific heat capacity for a given volume, by virtue of its higher density; this is what matters here. When you are comparing two pieces of tape, they are going to have the same thickness, width and length.... which makes the copper tape have a higher total specific heat capacity when comparing like-for-like volumes. Edited June 22, 2015 by StringJunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragforcequeen Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Aluminium has a higher specific capacity for a given mass than copper, but copper has a higher specific heat capacity for a given volume, by virtue of its higher density; this is what matters here. When you are comparing two pieces of tape, they are going to have the same thickness, width and length.... which makes the copper tape have a higher total specific heat capacity when comparing like-for-like volumes. That is a brilliant, well thought out answer. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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