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Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks: Everything You Know about Cooling Electronics Is Wrong
By
Tony Kordyban
Tony Kordyban
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ISBN-10:
0791800741
No. of Pages:
236
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
1998

Is a thermal test done at 70°C and 1000 ft/min air velocity more severe than a test at 50°C and 0 ft/min? Not always. Lesson: Convective heat transfer depends on a combination of air velocity and temperature difference, not just air temperature.

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