From: JosephKK on
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:42:34 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:43:02 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:09:39 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:12:14 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
>>><OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:56:18 -0700, John Larkin
>>>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Boiling liquid carries away far more heat than still or even flowing
>>>>>liquid. Since IR cheats as hard as they can, we can assume they used
>>>>>boiling liquid. I fact, they say so.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chilled fluorinert does not need to be boiling to have thermal
>>>>efficiency.
>>>
>>>Wrong again, AlwaysWrong. How do you think Fluorinert works? By magic?
>>
>>While i have seen Flourinert cooling maybe half a dozen times, only once was
>>it used in phase change mode. I mostly saw circulated chilled liquid baths.
>>Works real good for temperature stabilizing standard resistors.
>
>*Every* time I've seen it used there was a phase change somewhere in the
>process. There are a *lot* of cheaper and better alternatives if a lowish
>temper phase change isn't needed. Fluorinert doesn't have a stellar specific
>heat.

At which point i have to ask, was it Flourinert or just some refrigerant.
See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert

http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/oil_gas/specialty_materials/node_HX0DNRHXKWge/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_G1F6DNZDBVge/theme_us_oilgas_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html

From: JosephKK on
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:11:15 +0000 (UTC), don(a)manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein) wrote:

>In article <410aq5pjiu4e0ig8j1s10hhfmohnu9o9n6(a)4ax.com>, John Larkin wrote:
>>On 20 Mar 2010 14:15:15 GMT, Glen Walpert <nospam(a)null.void> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:24:54 +0000, Don Klipstein wrote:
>
>>>(In short, plenty including:)
>
>>>ISTR a previous thread where someone turned up a maximum current test
>>>procedure where the device was submerged in a "phase change fluid" for
>>>the peak current test. Not a fluid cooled heatsink; direct immersion of
>>>the device.
>
>>><SNIP more along these lines to edit for space>
>
>>I haven't done the math on this, but I suspect the source lead would
>>vaporize at 195 amps, much less 340. If it were immersed in a boiling
>>liquid, it would probably be OK. I think that's how they test them.
>
> I got into a mood to try the math on this.
>
> Back to the datasheet,
>
>http://www.irf.com/product-info/datasheets/data/irfs3006pbf.pdf
>
> My eyeball-estimate of the length of the source lead, between the solder
>joint and the bonding wire, is 8 mm, about half with a narrow portion
>(datasheet says .51 by .38 mm minimum), and about half with a wide portion
>(datasheet says 1.14 by .38 mm minimum).
>
> Wikipedia says the resistivity of copper at 20 C is 1.72E-8 ohm-meter,
>which is 1.72E-5 ohm-mm. I would like a 75 C figure, which is 19.5%
>higher, and that is 2.055E-5 ohm-mm. From here, I get .425 milliohm for
>the narrow half and .19 milliohm for the wide half, for a total of .515
>milliohm.
>
> .000515 times square of 195 amps is 19.6 watts. That sounds
>unreasonable to me. I seem to think that the narrow part of the source
>lead will melt.
>
> Try for the wide half alone: .00019 ohm times square of 195 amps is 7.2
>watts. Repeat for 170 amps, and that is 5.5 watts. That sounds to me
>able to be heatsunk from the source lead by soldering big fat wire to the
>wide part of the source lead, but it also sounds to me sort of insane to
>package such a big MOSFET with such requirements in such a small package.
>
> - Don Klipstein (don(a)misty.com)

As if you have not caught on yet, the ratings are for big heat sink in a
tank full of LN2 (liquid nitrogen). I doubt you need to review "infinite
heat sink".
From: Archimedes' Lever on
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:45:30 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:42:34 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:43:02 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:09:39 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:12:14 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
>>>><OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:56:18 -0700, John Larkin
>>>>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Boiling liquid carries away far more heat than still or even flowing
>>>>>>liquid. Since IR cheats as hard as they can, we can assume they used
>>>>>>boiling liquid. I fact, they say so.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Chilled fluorinert does not need to be boiling to have thermal
>>>>>efficiency.
>>>>
>>>>Wrong again, AlwaysWrong. How do you think Fluorinert works? By magic?
>>>
>>>While i have seen Flourinert cooling maybe half a dozen times, only once was
>>>it used in phase change mode. I mostly saw circulated chilled liquid baths.
>>>Works real good for temperature stabilizing standard resistors.
>>
>>*Every* time I've seen it used there was a phase change somewhere in the
>>process. There are a *lot* of cheaper and better alternatives if a lowish
>>temper phase change isn't needed. Fluorinert doesn't have a stellar specific
>>heat.
>
>At which point i have to ask, was it Flourinert or just some refrigerant.
>See:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert
>
>http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/oil_gas/specialty_materials/node_HX0DNRHXKWge/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_G1F6DNZDBVge/theme_us_oilgas_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html


The idiot was thinking of a CFC.
From: krw on
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:06:37 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
<OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:45:30 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:42:34 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:43:02 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:09:39 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:12:14 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
>>>>><OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:56:18 -0700, John Larkin
>>>>>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Boiling liquid carries away far more heat than still or even flowing
>>>>>>>liquid. Since IR cheats as hard as they can, we can assume they used
>>>>>>>boiling liquid. I fact, they say so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chilled fluorinert does not need to be boiling to have thermal
>>>>>>efficiency.
>>>>>
>>>>>Wrong again, AlwaysWrong. How do you think Fluorinert works? By magic?
>>>>
>>>>While i have seen Flourinert cooling maybe half a dozen times, only once was
>>>>it used in phase change mode. I mostly saw circulated chilled liquid baths.
>>>>Works real good for temperature stabilizing standard resistors.
>>>
>>>*Every* time I've seen it used there was a phase change somewhere in the
>>>process. There are a *lot* of cheaper and better alternatives if a lowish
>>>temper phase change isn't needed. Fluorinert doesn't have a stellar specific
>>>heat.
>>
>>At which point i have to ask, was it Flourinert or just some refrigerant.
>>See:
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert
>>
>>http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/oil_gas/specialty_materials/node_HX0DNRHXKWge/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_G1F6DNZDBVge/theme_us_oilgas_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html
>
>
> The idiot was thinking of a CFC.

AlwaysWrong is *ALWAYS* wrong.

From: John Larkin on
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:29:32 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
<krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:06:37 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
><OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:45:30 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:42:34 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:43:02 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:09:39 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:12:14 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
>>>>>><OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:56:18 -0700, John Larkin
>>>>>>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Boiling liquid carries away far more heat than still or even flowing
>>>>>>>>liquid. Since IR cheats as hard as they can, we can assume they used
>>>>>>>>boiling liquid. I fact, they say so.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chilled fluorinert does not need to be boiling to have thermal
>>>>>>>efficiency.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Wrong again, AlwaysWrong. How do you think Fluorinert works? By magic?
>>>>>
>>>>>While i have seen Flourinert cooling maybe half a dozen times, only once was
>>>>>it used in phase change mode. I mostly saw circulated chilled liquid baths.
>>>>>Works real good for temperature stabilizing standard resistors.
>>>>
>>>>*Every* time I've seen it used there was a phase change somewhere in the
>>>>process. There are a *lot* of cheaper and better alternatives if a lowish
>>>>temper phase change isn't needed. Fluorinert doesn't have a stellar specific
>>>>heat.
>>>
>>>At which point i have to ask, was it Flourinert or just some refrigerant.
>>>See:
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert
>>>
>>>http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/oil_gas/specialty_materials/node_HX0DNRHXKWge/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_G1F6DNZDBVge/theme_us_oilgas_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html
>>
>>
>> The idiot was thinking of a CFC.
>
>AlwaysWrong is *ALWAYS* wrong.

You've gotta admire him for his dedication.

John