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Subject: Re: Coollaboratory Liquid Metal
Name:
pbi
Date: 12/19/2005 9:37:27 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 67.129.138.89
In Reply to: Coollaboratory Liquid Metal posted by
LED
Message:
This paragragh scares me....
"I am positive this stuff isn't Mercury, but instead is an alloy comprised of gallium, indium, and tin. That alloy has a melting point of -20C and has high thermal conductivity. The hint that this stuff is a gallium mixture is because of the big warnings at the Coollaboratory website to not use the substance with an aluminum heatsink. The gallium will alloy with the aluminum and actually turn some of the aluminum into a liquid and you end up with a big hole in the center of your heatsink which probably will not assist you with your CPU cooling. The only thing that bothers me is that a good gallium mixture doesn't bead up and spreads evenly, this stuff doesn't spread evenly. All I succeeded in doing when attempting to spread it with a Q-Tip is push it around the top of the processor."
Jeeeezzz, Ga In-Sn mix. ITO (indium tin oxide) mixed with gallium. Uhhh, nope. Not going to touch this crap with any of my processors. IIRC, most CPU covers are Aluminum and you can think of the wonders it will do for your CPU. OTOH, it might be a easy way to remove (uh, dissolve) that pesky CPU cover. 
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