Water? No. Liquid metal is what you want

**9 v** · 06-09-2005, 05:49 PM

Look at this stuff;

http://www.nanocoolers.com/technology_liquid.php

That's some serious cool right there.

Mateo · 06-09-2005, 06:11 PM

Man, that looks slick! Some type of liquid state nanometal, used as a coolant? Where can I get one of these?

**Iceberg** · 06-09-2005, 07:43 PM

Moving liquid metal... I smell magnetic interference with everything.

micr0c0sm · 06-09-2005, 08:23 PM

Yes squeak there will be horrible magnetic interference I am sure they overlooked that ginormous issue when designing a part to be put in a computer.

**9 v** · 06-11-2005, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TG_Mateo

Man, that looks slick! Some type of liquid state nanometal, used as a coolant? Where can I get one of these?

i've emailed them to ask as they seem to be the only ones making a LMC system so far, but no reply yet.

Apparently the ATi is supposedly using the same technology in it's new X850. Not that i can find any mention of it in the X850's blurb though.

lol micr0c0sm

Black_V!per · 06-11-2005, 06:01 PM

This seems a little bit familiar...

http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/...howtopic=94436

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black_Viper Of Natural Selection Forums

Pages: (2) [1] 2 For You Overclockers, Super cooling that lasts...

Liquid Metal Cooling
http://www.nanocoolers.com/technology_liquid.php
Edit: Removed image, looked like crap.

So does this mean i can overclock my PC to like 5 Ghz?

I too e-mailed them to get some information, but i havent heard back from them yet... Been 3 days.

**9 v** · 06-11-2005, 06:50 PM

That's a coincedence! Did you see we posted within 1/2 an hour of each other?

Cutting edge, us. Eh?

Black_V!per · 06-12-2005, 03:11 AM

Wow thats freaky, but i beat u, lol, i posted on another forum before the NS forums, id link it, but its got nude pics on there, and i dont think thats allowed here.

**CingularDuality** · 06-12-2005, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Black_V!per

Wow thats freaky, but i beat u, lol, i posted on another forum before the NS forums, id link it, but its got nude pics on there, and i dont think thats allowed here.

As long as you warn people of the nature of the link, and you don't display anything offensive here, you should be OK.

Wintermute · 06-24-2005, 02:20 PM

The EM pump appeals to me as a physicist. A very simple solution, but how do they find a metal which will stay liquid at such low temperatures? Presumably, it would have to stay liquid when the computer was switched off and sat in a cold house i.e. 10C or less. If it ever solidified, it would reduce in volume and probably cause the pipes to crack. It would then leak out the next time it was heated. It would be good if they stated which metal or metal alloy they used.

**Apophis** · 06-24-2005, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wintermute

The EM pump appeals to me as a physicist. A very simple solution, but how do they find a metal which will stay liquid at such low temperatures? Presumably, it would have to stay liquid when the computer was switched off and sat in a cold house i.e. 10C or less. If it ever solidified, it would reduce in volume and probably cause the pipes to crack. It would then leak out the next time it was heated. It would be good if they stated which metal or metal alloy they used.

Wouldn't mercury qualify for this?

**CingularDuality** · 06-24-2005, 03:53 PM

I read somewhere that it was gallium.

Crunkimus · 06-24-2005, 08:23 PM

pretty nice looking system, and i doubt there will be any magnetic interference if the engineers making it work hard enough. The magnets will probably just direct their force in a highly concentrated way, so as to keep the force contained. If the unit is placed in the computer properly, the magnetic force shouldn't target any of the other components of the computer... It'll be interesting to see how the system turns out.

Wintermute · 06-25-2005, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Crunkimus

pretty nice looking system, and i doubt there will be any magnetic interference if the engineers making it work hard enough. The magnets will probably just direct their force in a highly concentrated way, so as to keep the force contained. If the unit is placed in the computer properly, the magnetic force shouldn't target any of the other components of the computer... It'll be interesting to see how the system turns out.

Magnets do not 'direct their force' for two reasons.
1) They produce a magnetic field, which is not the same as a force, although that is a technicality.
2) Magnetic fields tend to be ellipsoidal. This is because magnetic field lines do not end, they always form a loop. You can see this looking at the bottom diagram if you follow the link above. You can think of them as being analogous to contour lines on a map.This makes it hard to produce a confined field.

There will be two fields to consider. The field from the electromagnets in the pump and the field from the moving electrons in the liquid metal as it flows around the pipes.

Gallium looks like a good bet for the metal.

Quote:

Standard state: solid at 298 K (25C) (but melts only slightly above this temperature)
It is the only metal, except for mercury, caesium, and rubidium, which can be liquid near room temperatures. It has one of the longest liquid ranges of any metal and has a low vapour pressure even at high temperatures.
Gallium is normally a byproduct of the manufacture of aluminium.
The metal expands on solidifying; therefore, it should not be stored in glass or metal containers, as they may break as the metal solidifies.

http://www.webelements.com/webelemen...xt/Ga/key.html

However it would still solidify at room temperature or below which may crack the pipes.

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Mateo Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 6,483	Re: Water? No. Liquid metal is what you want Man, that looks slick! Some type of liquid state nanometal, used as a coolant? Where can I get one of these?

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Crunkimus Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6	Re: Water? No. Liquid metal is what you want pretty nice looking system, and i doubt there will be any magnetic interference if the engineers making it work hard enough. The magnets will probably just direct their force in a highly concentrated way, so as to keep the force contained. If the unit is placed in the computer properly, the magnetic force shouldn't target any of the other components of the computer... It'll be interesting to see how the system turns out. __________________ OWN3D!

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