Comment on Copper
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe conduction in copper is fast enough that there’s not much of a difference between the top and bottom.
Comment on Copper
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe conduction in copper is fast enough that there’s not much of a difference between the top and bottom.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Copper conductivity is fast, sure, but it’s not fast enough to have equal temperatures at the top and bottom for such a big chunk of copper. That does affect the time to thermal throttle pretty significantly, actually. If we assume completely homogeneous temperatures across the block (ie, instantaneous heat transfer), according to my model, it’ll take 703 seconds to thermal throttle. With heat transfer, the time drops to 592 seconds - a difference of almost 2 minutes