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Thermal paste

Thermal paste (also called thermal compound, thermal grease, thermal interface material (TIM), thermal gel, heat paste, heat sink compound, heat sink paste or CPU grease) is a thermally conductive (but usually not electrically conductive) chemical compound, which is commonly used as an interface between heat sinks and heat sources such as high-power…

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Thermal paste

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples34
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Thermal paste

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related to Phase-change material · 8
Thermal paste → As, Earlier PCM, Instead, Phase-change, The, Thermal, They, This
related to Uses · 7
Thermal paste → Cooling, CPU, CPUs, Factory PCs, GPUs, LED COBs, Thermal
related to Composition · 5
Thermal paste → However, It, Silver, The, Thermal
related to Challenges · 3
Thermal paste → Another, Over, The
related to Health hazards · 3
Thermal paste → However, It, Zinc
is a · 1
Thermal paste → example of a thermal interface material.As opposed to thermal adhesive

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thermal paste heat sink material used interface pastes also cooling die may cpu conductive place phase-change liquid filler grease thermally

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Thermal pasteis aexample of a thermal interface material.As opposed to thermal adhesive0.90text
high-power semiconductor devicesinstance ofwhich is commonly used as an interface between heat sinks and heat sources0.80text
screws to hold the heat sink in placeinstance ofIt has to be coupled with a fastener0.80text
to apply pressureinstance ofIt has to be coupled with a fastener0.80text
spreadinginstance ofIt has to be coupled with a fastener0.80text
thinning the thermal pasteinstance ofIt has to be coupled with a fastener0.80text
overclockers are able toinstance ofperformance enthusiasts0.80text
in a process known asinstance ofperformance enthusiasts0.80text
Thermal pasterelated to ChallengesThe0.60section
Thermal pasterelated to ChallengesOver0.60section
Thermal pasterelated to ChallengesAnother0.60section
Thermal pasterelated to CompositionThermal0.60section

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