olio

Very nice write up bro! +rep

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theCanadian

bump

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Its gonna be like perana on a rotting cow in there when it happens...I'm looking forward to it. - DIRTYDUCK

The only difference here is that this time the rod that Apple is shoving up your ass isn't silicone, its a rough wooden shaft. Instead of leaving the customer feeling violated, they are leaving behind bloody splinters. - nathris

logan

Nice photos, I might just include those in the OP, because they're better than what I have in there. And thanks for the bump, the more people this helps out, the better.

Thanks!

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N2Gaming

Killer Dude!!!

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aaronmonto

Awesome, really appreciate the hard work. Never realized heatpipes contained that liquid; I'm not sure the cruddy stock AMD coolers do :P.

Asus Mobile

Very very nice write!

wolfy87

read so many heatpipe explanations, this is the top one...

Just one question, can the fluid inside it evaporate and leave the pipe somehow, or lets say reduce in amount, over the years?

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logan

Thanks guys, glad you like it .

To answer the question, no, the fluid wont leave the pipe unless something goes wrong. Heatpipes are a closed environment, and unless there is a hole, crack or something else that went wrong, the fluid will remain there indefinitely.

The only thing that I don't know, is if the fluid can lose effectiveness over time. The only way that I could see this happening, is if a layer of some sort of deposit could form on the inside of the walls from the liquid.

However, I find that kind of unlikely unless there was some sort of impurity that got in there at the beginning, because most heatpipes use a alcohol/argon mix. Alcohol is generally fairly pure, and argon is a noble gas (its inert... aka, non-reactive, and is very unlikely that there would be any mineral impurities in it). I think this would be more probable in the heatpipes that use water.

And just to clarify, the above paragraph is my (hopefully) logical assumption, and I don't have any real proof for it, as I've never seen any info on that particular part of the question. And that is the only way that I could see that happening.

If anyone has any real info on what happens there, post away, we'll be glad for the help and the info.

Thanks!

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theCanadian

Like you said, the environment is closed. If the substance is pure, non corrosive, and non reactive, it will remain in that state indefinitely.

It's just like putting water in a glass container and sealing it, then boiling it. It will remain sterile forever, until you unseal it. This experiment has been verified time and time again. This experiment has held true for water that was boiled a decade ago. Perhaps longer.

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Its gonna be like perana on a rotting cow in there when it happens...I'm looking forward to it. - DIRTYDUCK

The only difference here is that this time the rod that Apple is shoving up your ass isn't silicone, its a rough wooden shaft. Instead of leaving the customer feeling violated, they are leaving behind bloody splinters. - nathris

logan

So its how I thought it would be. Good (means my thinking is still adequate, which is always a good sign).

+rep for the help and clarification (like I said before, I am not an "expert" on the subject... I just have a pretty good handle on it)

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