Curious after watching TV.

719 Views 8 Replies 8 Participants Last post by TheSubtleKnife, Dec 22, 2006

Sidious

Discussion Starter · Dec 20, 2006

Hey guys, anyone who watches Myth Busters may have seen the episode where they look for the best way to keep your drinks cold. They tested in thoes foam beer containers and did 3 tests.

1) Just Ice
2) Water and Ice
3) Water and Ice with salt in the mixture

The 3rd combination was lower by like 10-15C I think just because of the ice. Could adding Salt to the area between CPU and heat sink maybe lower temps or does the salt just lower the treshhold of water?

Know it seems dumb but who knows!

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adam144

· #2 · Dec 20, 2006

Salt acts as an antifreeze I believe..

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Voyager4300

· #3 · Dec 20, 2006

salt lowers the point at which the water freeze, meaning with the salt u can get liquid water below 0c where as without the salt the water would be ice. reason that the beer got colder was cause with the super cold water the can is completly surrounded where as with the beer surrounded by ice there are still air pocket around it and such

edit: if u want to test it, put salt on ur hand and then press an ice cube against it. hurts like hell

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insulglass

· #4 · Dec 21, 2006

The salt does help lower the freezing point of water. However, it also makes water more corrosive by far (high purity water is not very corrosive at all). If you are considering adding salt to your coolant, I would suggest the exploration of alternative methods.

David

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Syrillian

· #5 · Dec 21, 2006

..and corrosion.

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FaLLeNAn9eL

· #6 · Dec 21, 2006

There is a way to use this idea though. The bucket of ice water idea. Dip your line into a bucket of ice water + salt and see if you notice any changes in temp.

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Sidious

Discussion Starter · #7 · Dec 21, 2006

yah, I wouldn't want to do this, but I was more curious of the actualy effects you may find from using it...

cool thanks

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Just a N00B

· #8 · Dec 22, 2006

It makes sense so basically the water cant freeze because the salt is melting it.

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TheSubtleKnife

· #9 · Dec 22, 2006

but of course..the CO2 fire extinguisher pwns all...lol

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