Re: [Amps] Anodizing aluminum, painting etc.

["Jim Tonne" <tonne@comcast.net>]

> Making the heat sink heavier by making it a larger block 
> doesn't necessarily make it a better heat sink.

I look "mass" (weight) as a time-constant.  Bigger sink
stays cool longer while it is soaking up heat.  But then too
it retains that heat for a longer time than a light-weight sink.

>  it is surface area that gets rid of the heat.

- JimT


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