Kordyban, Tony, 1957-

Hot air rises and heat sinks : everything you know about cooling electronics is wrong / by Tony Kordyban. - New York : ASME Press, 1998. - xiii, 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.

Includes index.

We don't sell air -- Every temperature tells a story -- Climate control isn't natural -- Diamond is a GAL's best friend -- Lines in the sand -- When is a heat sink not a heat sink? -- Trade-offs -- Cfmophobia -- Sieve cooling system -- Hitting the wall -- Keeping a cool head -- Tempera-mental prototypes -- Misdata -- Pessimism: a tool of quality -- Blowin' in the wind -- Thermocouples: the simplest way to measure temperature wrong -- But the graphics are pretty -- Too much of a good thing -- Computer simulation software as test equipment? -- Thermotriples -- Mixed-up convection -- A dependable answer -- Sunscreen of smokescreen? -- When 70oC is less than 50oC -- Even a watched pot boils eventually -- The latest hot CD -- What is a watt? -- Resistance mythology -- Thermoelectric coolers are hot -- The house of cards -- Herbie's homework helpers.

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Electronic apparatus and appliances--Temperature control.
Electronic apparatus and appliances--Design and construction.
Electronic apparatus and appliances--Cooling--Case studies.

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