[Amps] Anodizing aluminum, painting etc.

[S. J. Blackwell]

>From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: craxd1 at verizon.net
>To: amps at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [Amps] Anodizing aluminum, painting etc.
>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:07:03 -0400
>
>Peter,
>
>I agree on the math. The problem I see on using a black heatsink is that 
>even
>though all heat is infrared, and there's a concentrated heat transfer from 
>the device
>to the heatsink, using black supposedly helps this transfer. The problem 
>arises in
>the day time, or around any source of infrared radiation in that the 
>heatsink would
>absorb this radiation becoming hotter than would a silver surface which 
>would reflect
>it off of it. The heatsink though would still radiate it's heat if silver. 
>To my opinion,
>using a good thermal heatsink compound with a silver heatsink works 
>probably better


Oh boy,
See second and third laws of thermodynamics.

Sam, W5LU