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Thank you for correcting me. I thought I remembered photos of heat pipes from popular CPU coolers c. 2010 with smooth inner faces, but on reviewing some old pho
by runnerup 4y ago
Thank you for correcting me. I thought I remembered photos of heat pipes from popular CPU coolers c. 2010 with smooth inner faces, but on reviewing some old photos from across the internet I found I was mistaken.
- lightedman 4y agoThe flat pipes tend to not need wicks as they're thin enough that they get the added benefit of capillary action. Any tube design, excepting ones using fairly-thin tubing (2mm OD 1.5mm ID) will likely use a wick for its own capillary action.