[Amps] Anodizing aluminum, painting etc.

[Tom W8JI]

>>Heat dissipation has nothing to do with mass.
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> Really? So why do heat sinks come in different sizes? 
> Might as well
> use the smallest one possible, right? Carried to the 
> extreme, why use
> a heat sink at all? Mass = zero should work fine.

When did mass = heat transfer?

Dissipation is the ability to get rid of energy, in this 
case transfer heat from one place to another.

Mass is the property of matter that indicates an object's 
resistance to changes in either speed or direction of 
motion.

If mass was important to heatsinks they would be made from 
lead or they would all be Catholics.

Mass is also important if you throw a heatsink at a problem.

73 Tom