Doctor:So what did the patient get ? Nurse:He got third degree burns in his palm and fingers . I have no idea how he did that ! Patient:Well, I made a frying pan out of a heat pipe and cooked some eggs ...
Oh my goodness, this was such a well made video/demonstration. The way you used the pad that shows "coldness " (thermal energy) to demonstrate how much better the heat stick is than copper really put it into perspective. You're an incredible teacher and person!
I knew about heat pipes, from knowledge of computer hardware, *_but_* this demonstration was amazing. This video was on another level, and it made the effect very obvious. And the explanation also contributed to my knowledge.
Diamond is really good at conducting heat as well, I went to a science demonstration where they had a large block of ice and a small blunt knife made of synthetic diamond, it cut through the ice in a very similar way to the rod in this video
Diamond is an excellent thermal conductor, I believe it's due to the crystalline structure of the carbon within. Diamond which has a more well structured crystal lattice works even better, but you'll be hard pressed to find such a diamond naturally.
It's the fastest because it's not just conduction, it's evaporation, condensation and convection. In the solid copper rod, the copper never moves. However, in the heat pipe, the water on the wick is a working fluid that moves through the center of the pipe, which is a region of pure water vapor.
These copper water heat pipes are used in a lot of smartphones(not on iPhones) recently to help in efficient heat dissipation. It's a bit of the different design made according to the smartphone body. In a few teardowns, you can see the water evaporate as the person tears through the pipe. It's really cool. Finally got an idea about how it works😃.
@@rrsharizam What? That's not obsession, that's an example of the heat pipe application we see everyday. Did you comment on this using a nintendo? Everyone uses a mobile phone.
Great video! The visual testing was amazing. I always wondered why they just didn't use a solid copper pipe, I always assumed if the copper was hollow to reduce material and save money.
@@threepe0 instead of small surface area at the outside like heatpipe, usually vapor chamber has a wider area so the heat will spread more evenly and faster
one very big issue here is that you're using a rod vs a pipe, it would be much more interesting to see the heat pipe vs a hollow copper rod, due to the difference in mass and thermal capacity.
dahahaka while you are correct about a vacuum having lower thermal conductivity than copper, the heat pipe has a small amount of water in it which in the lower atmospheric pressure in the pipe boils at a fairly low temperature. The water boiling in the warm part of the pipe turns to vapor and condenses at the cooler end of the pipe, which transfers significantly more heat than air or copper would. It’s actually some what similar to the way an air conditioner or refrigerator works.
you know, you help me open my mind up and make it super fun to think about stuff from a scientific standpoint and make me question things not only on a basic level but also on a level to where i look at more acute details even with everyday things/objects. some say you overthink about things, on the contrary i'd say you are not looking at with curiosity.. thanks for the lessons because I want to learn NO MATTER WHAT IT IS.
opened pipe gonna react just like a normal cooper pipe, there's no difference between opened pipe and normal copper rod, the water is the magic in the heatpipe
@@utiantew Then someone was feeding you BS. High heat conductance of heat pipes is based of evaporation absorpting lots of thermal energy. With movement of gas then transferring that energy fast to cold end, where condensation releases that thermal energy.
@@tuunaes What he's referring to is a wick used to soak the condensed water back to the heat source more quickly than the copper powder that is sintered to the inside of the pipe. I have wondered if a woven glass fibre wick might make it more efficient because the relatively straight-ish glass fibre bundles would wick water much faster than the tortured path of water being soaked along the copper powder. If you see water soaking up a bundle of glass fibres it's extremely quick
Adding on to this: the "spongy" texture of the inside of the pipe is there to increase the surface area on the inside, thus also greatly increasing the temperature transfer
No. It's because the liquid water gets spread to the entire inner spongy lining. A smooth surface will create a drop of water that will move here and there due to gravity and won't boil on the application of heat on the other side so, it won't work.
Also the spongy part act as a capillar bringing the condensed water from the cold side back to the hot side, where it evaporates and goes as vapor through the middle of the pipe. Creating a closed cycle. Just my guess, I am actually an idiot.
One drawback: once all the water has moved from the hot side to the cold side, the thermal conductance of the tube reverts to that of a hollow copper tube. Of course if the hot and cold sides are subsequently reversed, the conductance dramatically increases again, but only temporarily. In this sense, the tube doesn't act like a super-good conductor of heat long-term in one direction or the other.
That's why the wicking process is so critical, to the continuous flow of heat from a source to a sink. That's what returns the condensed liquid back to the source of heat, and is the limiting factor to how fast heat can be transferred. It would be easy, if the heat source is below the heatsink, because gravity would just drip the condensate back to the bottom. Wicking is required, if the heat source is level with, or even above the heatsink. That's why the inside of the tube is rough, so the capillary effect can wick the condensed water back to the heat source, after it has evaporated.
@@vincentrobinette1507 That's a good explanation. From looking at the specs of the best heat pipes (those with a sintered internal wick) the skinny pipes really are about 100x the conductance of solid copper of the same volume, and at low power densities, heat pipes continue to operate at that high efficiency indefinitely. At higher power, the efficiency may be reduced, depending on the tip angle, and at still higher power, the efficiency goes way down, even if horizontal. (Note that in the video, that size of sintered-wick heat pipe would probably rapidly go into inefficient operation if maintained at ΔT= 30°C, the approx difference between the hand and ice, but the warm end probably cooled rapidly to about 4°C. There was probably a rapid melting of the ice initially because the warm end started at hand temperature.)
This guy is a genius. I have been roaming all around you tube the whole day watching car races, bike races, huge trucks blah blah( came here at 10am now it's 11:35pm) East african time (Uganda) skipping his videos and I just clicked on his video as I go to bed ( because I like to concentrate on things that matter before going to sleep) and I felt so at home. He is so calm, and explains everything so well. Am glad to be subscribed to this guy. Honestly am one proud subscriber of The Action Lab. Thanks brother for all the videos. I learn a lot everyday from them and I was a science student in my high school ( BCG/A) Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Agriculture. I dropped out before uni(life is tough down here) but I feel so happy being here. Thanks a bunch .
I've repaired hundreds of laptops and always wondered why many looked like hollow tubes crimped at the ends. I suspected increased surface area but after your fantastic video it all makes sense :) WD!
Alright this is absolutely fascinating. I was expecting some kind of alien material with insane properties. I'm sharing this with all my nerdiest friends
Pro tip: you may want to get a small vise, the kind that clamps on the edge of your table, or a Panavise kit if you're being fancy. It's much easier and safer to cut with a Dremel when the workpiece is held securely. (You do wear eye protection when using a cutting disk, right?) edit: I just noticed this video is almost two years old, but never mind...
Who cares, if the content creator chooses to be unsafe its of no concern to us VIEWING through a device were nothing can happen to us! And if there is anyone who actually is dumb enough not to follow safety precautions their better off not in the gene pool.
They are using nanofluids to replace pure water. Studies have shown big increases of efficiency and conductivity. There's also new materials they are using for the "wick" which also does the same thing. I am not sure if these techniques are being used on a wide scale yet or not, but I imagine it will catch on.
Screw those bastards who are making fun of you for cutting ice if you want to do that you can. Dont feel ashamed just cause some haters told you you act like a kid.
You obviously dont know anything about pc hardware. This has been used in most cpu heatsinks for ages. Vapor chambers work better but its a shape thing. Its just crazy to think that the vapor inside moves faster then the speed of sound
I wonder if you could incorporate these to make a more efficient Stirling engine or peltier cooling system. I'd love to explore some new experiments with this.
Something interesting related to this video is superfluid helium (I believe helium IV). It's a form of liquid helium that transfers heat almost instantly, it's very interesting. So technically, superfluid helium IV is the stuff that transfers heat fastest
I knew that heat pipes are a better heat conductor than even the best solid conductors, but i did not expected it being that rapid!!!! 😮 Thx for the demonstration! Next time i have to cool somthing, i will take heat pipes more likely in consideration!
I want to thank you for the amazing information you provide to your viewers. This is fascinating material. I appreciate all of your efforts. Many thanks!
Search for "thermochromic" or "thermochromism." There's all kinds of products with this feature. Video featured a plastic thermochromic film. (Thermo = heat, chromism = changing color.) Thermometer strips for foreheads or aquariums use the same technology.
Someone actually used a pipe made of this stuff to cut a hole in the ice to study it. It made it so it wouldn't melt the ice and ruin the experiment Edit: I found the vid m.ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html
So I think I'm noticing a potential drawback of this device. Isn't it true that it's thermal conductivity would have to be lower at very cold temperatures? Say if you're significantly below the triple point temperature of water, like -40C, then the vapor pressure of the ice would be so low that the vapor cannot transfer as much heat to the other end, yes?
This is precisely why I suspect that the working fluid might be methanol, or some kind of alcohol, or even dichloromethane. These fluids work well below the freezing point of water, as long as the condensate will wick effectively back to the source of heat. Even if it IS water, if the temperature is that cold, the temperature protected component still won't get that hot. If it does, the water turns back to liquid, allowing the heat flow system to resume normal operation. Remember, it's vacuum packed, so water will freely evaporate and condense, at any temperature, with changes in vaporization pressure. The interior is always under a vacuum, unless the whole heat pipe gets up to, or above 212 degrees, in which case, there is no pressure difference, or even slightly positive pressure.
Yeah, but it's not typically used under those conditions. It is typically used around room temps to a heat source that may vary between 100 to 200 F. Water has a higher heat capacity than methanol and many other, non exotic fluids. It is very good at transferring heat via the liquid--vapor--liquid cycle. Sure, if you lived in Siberia or the like, and were using this tech outside, then yeah, go with an alcohol or the like. But for most conditions, most of the time, water works very well. As far as I know, most of the heat pipes made and sold to the public use water as the phase change material. Maybe the military and the like use different and/or more exotic materials for some applications?
Thanks alot for this informational video. I always found it intuitively unlogical that those high mass cooling surfaces are connected by thin copper tubes. I thought without deeper knowledge that copper shouldnt be able to transfer enough heat quick enough with those low radii. I didnt knew those things existed. Such a genius heatpump. Im amazed.
The only way those materials would work better, is if they are more hydrophilic, and would wick the working fluid back to where the heat is more quickly. This is a vapor phase change system, using the latent heat of phase change from a liquid to a gas, and condensing back into a liquid. Otherwise, silver would be best, if it were just a solid rod, or tube.
@@YbsGaming I take it you don't understand the latent heat of phase change during evaporation and condensation in the absence of a non condensable gas. You're also having a hard time understanding how the wicking effect could return the condensate back to the heat source, using the capillary effect created by the rough interior of the heat pipe. Without those basic understandings, it's very difficult to grasp the concept.
This the second video out of two videos of yours back to I back combined with the idea I came up with for retractable 🔭 telescopic blades & aircraft carrier cable to be used on wind farms inspired by watching videos of them structurally failing and decided to donate some time to help these engineers tackle this issue for safety and longevity. You have a wonderful scientific mind that can be a valuable asset with their production of a solution. Good day.
Here's the first video that may solve the problem for *the* *runaway* issue with the magnetics locking up and for not locking. ua-cam.com/video/V5FyFvgxUhE/v-deo.html So that video solves that problem because they say they don't have a clutch so now I'm thinking engineering up a magnetic torque converter.. similar to what we use in automotive rather than a fan clutch.
@Lalrivunga Hnamte it is not about the video, the context is in comments. Root one asked about both, rod and paper, then someone mentioned paper could be bought, then you mentioned it can be made at home, and that is the point where i was interested in: how could you make thermopaper at home. and no, it is not that easy to create such a surface on the inside of the copper tubing. Sealing the vacuum with a little water inside it would be easier, but not much, as we need very specific pressure of water vapour in the tube after sealing. But if it was about thermal paper, i thought, you might just know some chemical available in food or chem store
Well if you want really high voltage and current it'll probably explode and be a very big hazard to anyone near by without proper precautions. It's better to just keep the voltage low and run high amps though it. It'll get glowing hot and melt till the circuit is open, nothing too spectacular.
@@gogo311 High voltage plus high current. We are implying that if we put enough through it, what would happen. So yes if you put what is going through high tension power lines then the heat pipe would violently explode.
@@jarhead1145 Voltage does not cause a conductor to heat, only current flow does. One billion volts at one ampere has the exact same effect as one volt at one ampere on heating the conductor. High-tension power lines often carry hundreds of amps, which would pop that tube like a blown fuse. Their voltage is irrelevant.
This is crazy. Can you run water through it to heat water instantly? If it was already hot, or is it just the pipe itself gets hot quick not anything running through it. Great job.
This is such an interesting material and its incredible to me that simple water and copper make an extremely efficient thermal conductor. I wonder what the maximum length of it is before it becomes only 10x better than copper
This is essentially the core operating principal of all modern cooling. HVAC and AC units all operate using a long network of copper tubes filled with a vapor that it highly sensitive to temperature changes, by applying heat to one side of this network you make the other side very very cold, if you blow a fan over the cold side you have an air conditioner unit.
When you used your hand to heat them. It's interesting that the head pipe warms and cools faster, but the standard pipe radiated the heat further away from it's self than the head pipe.
It wouldn't make much difference. The vapor phase change of the working fluid is what transfers the heat. The limiting factor, is how fast the condensed liquid can be wicked back to the source of heat, so it can be evaporated.
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Action Lab: Cutting ice with body heat
30 degree copper pipe vs icecube
@@martiddy 36,5° but yeah ;)
@@vecherinka4605 About 32... unless you actually shook his hand [and realized that his hand is about as warm as your armpit]?
The host is a total git as well
@@vecherinka4605 36.5° cuz hate people using commas as decimal places
Think how bad this would be as a frying pan handle...
Oh god
It will be equivalent to touching stove flames straight
Do you want you hand to stick to it?
Carlos Martinez yes
Doctor:So what did the patient get ?
Nurse:He got third degree burns in his palm and fingers . I have no idea how he did that !
Patient:Well, I made a frying pan out of a heat pipe and cooked some eggs ...
Make a long stick out of one, give it to your friend at a bon fire to roast marshmallows with.
“Hey friend, why’d you give me a copper pipe to roast marshmallows with??”
nah make a spatula with it, it wont be as obvious
You evil friccers. I better not see you around doing these things ight? Now hand me that spatula for marshmallows pls.
Some people just manna watch the world burn
Make pan handle out of the stuff
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In the East, we use other things
4:34 Why no gloves this time?
EDIT: Nevermind, the video answered my own question; the heat pipe isn't effective once it's opened up.
I had the same question and got my answer too
Oh crap yeah imagine that your using one and forget it's cas conductive as it is
Came here point out that he missed pointing this out...I guess no need with his crowd.
Thank you! I didn't thought this was the reason!
Oh my goodness, this was such a well made video/demonstration. The way you used the pad that shows "coldness " (thermal energy) to demonstrate how much better the heat stick is than copper really put it into perspective. You're an incredible teacher and person!
What is the pad or sheet used in the video called?
@@j0nathansequeira yes, I wanted to know that too.
This would be perfect for an ice cream spoon and a butter knife!
Get a patent quick.
Your a Guinness
Butter knife is solid, I'll take one! But I dunno bout freezing my hand to eat ice cream.
i was thinking of heat pipes in computers
@@arfyness I think he meant the one for serving ice cream
I knew about heat pipes, from knowledge of computer hardware, *_but_* this demonstration was amazing. This video was on another level, and it made the effect very obvious. And the explanation also contributed to my knowledge.
I just assumed those were always solid copper.
What is real name of this road
Diamond is really good at conducting heat as well, I went to a science demonstration where they had a large block of ice and a small blunt knife made of synthetic diamond, it cut through the ice in a very similar way to the rod in this video
5 x copper
Diamond is an excellent thermal conductor, I believe it's due to the crystalline structure of the carbon within. Diamond which has a more well structured crystal lattice works even better, but you'll be hard pressed to find such a diamond naturally.
thanks for the facts!
So how about graphene?
@@NwoDispatcher It is very good but very directional.
It's the fastest because it's not just conduction, it's evaporation, condensation and convection. In the solid copper rod, the copper never moves. However, in the heat pipe, the water on the wick is a working fluid that moves through the center of the pipe, which is a region of pure water vapor.
He literally explains this in the video lmao
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Dead trick you rula boy
Why does this guy sound like he’s asking a question when he speaks.
Ending a sentence with a higher pitch makes it sound like a question
He’s American
He just looks perpetually confused
@yoga pangestu the last thing you want in your burger is someone elses foot fungus
He also seems proportioned wrong
Now, that’s something new on your channel, a different topic ... and as usual you explained it efficiently 🙏🏼
This channel has made me really enjoy science. My grades actually went up significantly after watching some of these videos
Great! Make sure you keep up your math skills too!
That's actually great!
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These copper water heat pipes are used in a lot of smartphones(not on iPhones) recently to help in efficient heat dissipation. It's a bit of the different design made according to the smartphone body. In a few teardowns, you can see the water evaporate as the person tears through the pipe. It's really cool. Finally got an idea about how it works😃.
I've seen this on JerryRigEverything!
@@willpowerfpv3246 same here. I'd seen it there for the first time. His channel is amazing.
Manan S ikr
"In a few teardowns" also known as JerryRigEverything ones
It’s not water
Oh now I know that heat pipes inside modern mobile phones really work a great deal.
Yes absolutely
Indian and phone obsession will never parted
@@rrsharizam What? That's not obsession, that's an example of the heat pipe application we see everyday.
Did you comment on this using a nintendo? Everyone uses a mobile phone.
@@sriikarkrishna you roasted him literally...!. "Using Nintendo?". LMFAO 😂😂😂
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Great video! The visual testing was amazing. I always wondered why they just didn't use a solid copper pipe, I always assumed if the copper was hollow to reduce material and save money.
Amazing how such a simple design can be so effective. Innovation at its best.
Best material video I've seen in a long while. Worth watching every minute of it. Thank you so much!
Ooh so that's how vapor chamber cooling works in electronics
Vapor chamber is very similar to an heat pipe, but the heat pipe is a little bit slower in conducting heat
nope, vapor chamber is a little bit different from heatpipe
@@clee2423 how so?
@@threepe0 instead of small surface area at the outside like heatpipe, usually vapor chamber has a wider area so the heat will spread more evenly and faster
@@clee2423 I don't think that really qualifies as different; The "how it works" is essentially the same, just a different shape
one very big issue here is that you're using a rod vs a pipe, it would be much more interesting to see the heat pipe vs a hollow copper rod, due to the difference in mass and thermal capacity.
dahahaka not really because copper is a better thermal conductor then air so having a hollow copper tube will transfer heat slower than the copper rod
@@jstew2938 you know what's even worse than air at conducting heat? Vacuum. The heat pipe is basically evacuated, your argument makes no sense
dahahaka while you are correct about a vacuum having lower thermal conductivity than copper, the heat pipe has a small amount of water in it which in the lower atmospheric pressure in the pipe boils at a fairly low temperature. The water boiling in the warm part of the pipe turns to vapor and condenses at the cooler end of the pipe, which transfers significantly more heat than air or copper would. It’s actually some what similar to the way an air conditioner or refrigerator works.
It would just be an even bigger difference, don't see what's "much more interesting" about it.
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He had already cut the end off, and so the heat pump no longer functioned. I totally get your point though! ;-)
Its ok. After the water is gone, it's normal copper rod.
@@DenisLoubet ahh I see 😀 thanks
You skipped the part when Action Lab explained the thermal mechanics.😆
I read this comment as it was happening lol
0:03 A heat pipe is not material, it’s a mechanism.
you know, you help me open my mind up and make it super fun to think about stuff from a scientific standpoint and make me question things not only on a basic level but also on a level to where i look at more acute details even with everyday things/objects.
some say you overthink about things, on the contrary i'd say you are not looking at with curiosity..
thanks for the lessons because I want to learn NO MATTER WHAT IT IS.
You should do comparison of that heatpipe between the opened pipe and the unopened one.
And see how much difference it is.
opened pipe gonna react just like a normal cooper pipe, there's no difference between opened pipe and normal copper rod, the water is the magic in the heatpipe
Wait, what about the heat pipe that has a radiator liquid and a wick inside. I swear I've heard that kind of thing.
@@utiantew Then someone was feeding you BS.
High heat conductance of heat pipes is based of evaporation absorpting lots of thermal energy.
With movement of gas then transferring that energy fast to cold end, where condensation releases that thermal energy.
@@tuunaes What he's referring to is a wick used to soak the condensed water back to the heat source more quickly than the copper powder that is sintered to the inside of the pipe. I have wondered if a woven glass fibre wick might make it more efficient because the relatively straight-ish glass fibre bundles would wick water much faster than the tortured path of water being soaked along the copper powder. If you see water soaking up a bundle of glass fibres it's extremely quick
@@clee2423 there IS a difference between a copper rod and an opened copper pipe.
It is in the copper cross-section.
PC enthusiasts already know about this 😉
Yup. Linus for life.
Yea boi
I think it'll make a great butter knife
@@psychtank8681 oh yeah it sure will
Phone users who do teardown like JerryRigEverything know too
I learned something new today! Absolutely amazing how those work. Keep up the good work.
Interesting. I always wondered what was special about the copper heat pipes in CPU/GPU coolers.
Ikr I was like why they are so much better than stock cooler that blow air directly on to the cpu, you feel me?
I was remembering a GPU with weird copper pipes
Best demonstration of a heat pipe I've ever seen. Really Amazing!
Adding on to this: the "spongy" texture of the inside of the pipe is there to increase the surface area on the inside, thus also greatly increasing the temperature transfer
How is the spongy texture created
@@edwardbrant12 its actually a copper powder, if you interested at how it made, here's the video ua-cam.com/video/p71V6zLybig/v-deo.html
No. It's because the liquid water gets spread to the entire inner spongy lining. A smooth surface will create a drop of water that will move here and there due to gravity and won't boil on the application of heat on the other side so, it won't work.
Bro it's never temperature transfer.... It's heat transfer.. There is a difference
Also the spongy part act as a capillar bringing the condensed water from the cold side back to the hot side, where it evaporates and goes as vapor through the middle of the pipe.
Creating a closed cycle.
Just my guess, I am actually an idiot.
One drawback: once all the water has moved from the hot side to the cold side, the thermal conductance of the tube reverts to that of a hollow copper tube. Of course if the hot and cold sides are subsequently reversed, the conductance dramatically increases again, but only temporarily. In this sense, the tube doesn't act like a super-good conductor of heat long-term in one direction or the other.
That's why the wicking process is so critical, to the continuous flow of heat from a source to a sink. That's what returns the condensed liquid back to the source of heat, and is the limiting factor to how fast heat can be transferred. It would be easy, if the heat source is below the heatsink, because gravity would just drip the condensate back to the bottom. Wicking is required, if the heat source is level with, or even above the heatsink. That's why the inside of the tube is rough, so the capillary effect can wick the condensed water back to the heat source, after it has evaporated.
@@vincentrobinette1507 That's a good explanation. From looking at the specs of the best heat pipes (those with a sintered internal wick) the skinny pipes really are about 100x the conductance of solid copper of the same volume, and at low power densities, heat pipes continue to operate at that high efficiency indefinitely. At higher power, the efficiency may be reduced, depending on the tip angle, and at still higher power, the efficiency goes way down, even if horizontal. (Note that in the video, that size of sintered-wick heat pipe would probably rapidly go into inefficient operation if maintained at ΔT= 30°C, the approx difference between the hand and ice, but the warm end probably cooled rapidly to about 4°C. There was probably a rapid melting of the ice initially because the warm end started at hand temperature.)
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Wow
I've repaired hundreds of laptops and always wondered why many looked like hollow tubes crimped at the ends. I suspected increased surface area but after your fantastic video it all makes sense :) WD!
Action Lab:I have 2 rods here one of this is a copper rod...
My eyes: wait there is 2 copper rods
The one is a copper rod. The other is a copper rod.
my eyes
ROD IS ROD
Hmm, yes. The rod is made out of rod
Alright this is absolutely fascinating. I was expecting some kind of alien material with insane properties. I'm sharing this with all my nerdiest friends
Pro tip: you may want to get a small vise, the kind that clamps on the edge of your table, or a Panavise kit if you're being fancy. It's much easier and safer to cut with a Dremel when the workpiece is held securely. (You do wear eye protection when using a cutting disk, right?) edit: I just noticed this video is almost two years old, but never mind...
Good advice, I totally agree
Who cares, if the content creator chooses to be unsafe its of no concern to us VIEWING through a device were nothing can happen to us! And if there is anyone who actually is dumb enough not to follow safety precautions their better off not in the gene pool.
I watched Mr. Wizard growing up in the 60’s. Mr Wizard is no longer around so you are my Mr Wizard now. Very well made demonstrations !
Clever design. I'd love to see its replacement one day. Could you imagine what an upgraded version would even look like?
Vapor chamber.
I imagine it would be made of synthetic diamond
They are using nanofluids to replace pure water. Studies have shown big increases of efficiency and conductivity. There's also new materials they are using for the "wick" which also does the same thing. I am not sure if these techniques are being used on a wide scale yet or not, but I imagine it will catch on.
When I cut ice with a knife: Stop behaving like a kid!
When the action lab cuts ice with a metal rod: Whoa! So cool!
Screw those bastards who are making fun of you for cutting ice if you want to do that you can. Dont feel ashamed just cause some haters told you you act like a kid.
Archana Motagi why are you cutting ice with a knife
JUST BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU CUTTING
Happy Cutting Ice, More Power To You Archana
Wait ! I think u r really a kid .. then why r u cutting ice with knife 😒😒
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Many laptops use heat pipes to conduct heat from the CPU to the heat sink that the fan blows through.
But.....they are used is pc's
This one is used in Mobile Phone
I need this for my pc that takes 20 minutes to load roblox
Edit:My pc overheats while playing roblox
You obviously dont know anything about pc hardware. This has been used in most cpu heatsinks for ages. Vapor chambers work better but its a shape thing. Its just crazy to think that the vapor inside moves faster then the speed of sound
That's absolute genius. Using pressure differential to transfer *heat.* Simply genius
Dude, I think you have the absolute most awesome job ever.
I wonder if you could incorporate these to make a more efficient Stirling engine or peltier cooling system. I'd love to explore some new experiments with this.
Did you get to know how to use these pipes for peltier cooling system?
These videos are sooo awesome.....I wish I had a channel like yours !
Thanks for the content
Awfully interesting! The differences in speed of heat transfer in different materials always amazes me.
Love your ideas and presentation.
A vise, small lathe and mill seem to be a good addition to the evolution of your channel.
Keep up the good work!
All those years of computer building and overclocking and I be like "what isn't that just a regular heatpipe?" 🤣🤣
Something interesting related to this video is superfluid helium (I believe helium IV). It's a form of liquid helium that transfers heat almost instantly, it's very interesting. So technically, superfluid helium IV is the stuff that transfers heat fastest
Yeah the problem is that any heat it does transfer also heats up the liquid causing it vaporize due to the low boiling point.
From where can I buy heat pipe?
Pyro carbon conducts heat much better than a copper heat pipe
Good job action lab. You're finally back in the algorithm.
I knew that heat pipes are a better heat conductor than even the best solid conductors, but i did not expected it being that rapid!!!! 😮
Thx for the demonstration! Next time i have to cool somthing, i will take heat pipes more likely in consideration!
I want to thank you for the amazing information you provide to your viewers. This is fascinating material. I appreciate all of your efforts. Many thanks!
So.. basically as I understand... It's magic. ✨
Oh, check 6:01 ur correct
Can you please tell us what paper did you use in the beginning to check the heat transfer?
Search for "thermochromic" or "thermochromism." There's all kinds of products with this feature. Video featured a plastic thermochromic film. (Thermo = heat, chromism = changing color.) Thermometer strips for foreheads or aquariums use the same technology.
Today's fact: Our planet is mostly made up of iron, carbon, and silicon, with a little bit of magnesium here and there.
Thanks dude. You're amazing
And nickel
U forgot dirt and water
@@yinyang1217 You're a funny guy.
Today's fact: Facterino Commenterino has started annoying people (especially me).
dude thanks for this. i learned something new about material science and heat conductivity
Always amazes me how simple laws of physics can be utilized in an amplified capacity with some very simple setups to great effect.
When I clicked on the video: 1.8K views.
After watching the video: 3.6K views.
Damn, you get views fast!
Watch PL science.... Basic science in funny way. #prayforvikram
Yeah, this new material also conducts views incredibly fast… :)
2:59 This is how we're going to explore under the ices of Antarctica
Antarctica is a continent it’s made of rock not ice.
Well is there not a lot of ice in Antarctica?
Someone actually used a pipe made of this stuff to cut a hole in the ice to study it. It made it so it wouldn't melt the ice and ruin the experiment
Edit: I found the vid m.ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html
So I think I'm noticing a potential drawback of this device. Isn't it true that it's thermal conductivity would have to be lower at very cold temperatures? Say if you're significantly below the triple point temperature of water, like -40C, then the vapor pressure of the ice would be so low that the vapor cannot transfer as much heat to the other end, yes?
This is precisely why I suspect that the working fluid might be methanol, or some kind of alcohol, or even dichloromethane. These fluids work well below the freezing point of water, as long as the condensate will wick effectively back to the source of heat.
Even if it IS water, if the temperature is that cold, the temperature protected component still won't get that hot. If it does, the water turns back to liquid, allowing the heat flow system to resume normal operation. Remember, it's vacuum packed, so water will freely evaporate and condense, at any temperature, with changes in vaporization pressure. The interior is always under a vacuum, unless the whole heat pipe gets up to, or above 212 degrees, in which case, there is no pressure difference, or even slightly positive pressure.
Yeah, but it's not typically used under those conditions. It is typically used around room temps to a heat source that may vary between 100 to 200 F.
Water has a higher heat capacity than methanol and many other, non exotic fluids. It is very good at transferring heat via the liquid--vapor--liquid cycle.
Sure, if you lived in Siberia or the like, and were using this tech outside, then yeah, go with an alcohol or the like. But for most conditions, most of the time, water works very well. As far as I know, most of the heat pipes made and sold to the public use water as the phase change material. Maybe the military and the like use different and/or more exotic materials for some applications?
Finally they are explained! I was looking for this!😸
Thanks alot for this informational video. I always found it intuitively unlogical that those high mass cooling surfaces are connected by thin copper tubes. I thought without deeper knowledge that copper shouldnt be able to transfer enough heat quick enough with those low radii. I didnt knew those things existed. Such a genius heatpump. Im amazed.
Ive seen this tech inside of gaming phones that Zach rips apart on JerryRigEverything..
same
Pocofone f1 cooling system is not a hoax
Especially razer phone
@@rishirajsaikia1323 and no one said it was
Erm... wtf is a gaming phone? Just use a computer like everyone else!
This is so cool! :D
The Poco F1 uses this as their "liquid cooling"
Jerry rig tore open one of those
Lol I just got a pocophone last month, didn't realize it was popular enough for people to comment about it :D
Thx for showing this to us, always wanted to know how the heatpipes in my pc work but was kinda to lazy to research it myself 👍
That is exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks.
I wonder how they sinter the inside of the pipe. Acid? Ultrasound? Air pressure when extruding?
Imagine having a room made out of that material hella freaky
the fastest heat conductor is my back when im sleeping
Lol
The best thing about your videos is the enthusiasm
Also, an easier to understand explanation of heat pipes than Gamers Nexus. Well done!
That's genius. The inventor should win a prize.
What was that paper u used to show heat transfer 1:34
i done some search and i find this is a liquid crystal heat-sensitive paper
@@mr.graffity8420 Thanks......
@@agentkgxiyxuy its take me like 5-10 min
I think it's thermochromic paper
@@vicnie1 you will find more thing with liquid crystal heat-sensitive paper
cool info🧠
What if we use gold/ silver/ platinum instead
The only way those materials would work better, is if they are more hydrophilic, and would wick the working fluid back to where the heat is more quickly. This is a vapor phase change system, using the latent heat of phase change from a liquid to a gas, and condensing back into a liquid. Otherwise, silver would be best, if it were just a solid rod, or tube.
Vincent Robinette stop acting like ur smart , ur comment makes no sense
@@YbsGaming I take it you don't understand the latent heat of phase change during evaporation and condensation in the absence of a non condensable gas. You're also having a hard time understanding how the wicking effect could return the condensate back to the heat source, using the capillary effect created by the rough interior of the heat pipe. Without those basic understandings, it's very difficult to grasp the concept.
Vincent Robinette thanks for explaning it ,now i understand!
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Copied, and I know that.
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Higher that this one
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two videos of yours back to I back combined with the idea I came up with for retractable 🔭 telescopic blades & aircraft carrier cable to be used on wind farms inspired by watching videos of them structurally failing and decided to donate some time to help these engineers tackle this issue for safety and longevity.
You have a wonderful scientific mind that can be a valuable asset with their production of a solution.
Good day.
Here's the first video that may solve the problem for *the* *runaway* issue with the magnetics locking up and for not locking.
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So that video solves that problem because they say they don't have a clutch so now I'm thinking engineering up a magnetic torque converter.. similar to what we use in automotive rather than a fan clutch.
That paper is amazing!
Next video: “What’s Inside the World’s Fastest Electric Conductor?”
Where can we find this special rod and the thermal paper ?
Thermochromic color changing film/ paint
Sergei Lewandowski thank you!
@Lalrivunga Hnamte using what materials? >_>
@Lalrivunga Hnamte now i urge to clarify, are we talking about that magic rod, or mystic thermal paper?
@Lalrivunga Hnamte it is not about the video, the context is in comments. Root one asked about both, rod and paper, then someone mentioned paper could be bought, then you mentioned it can be made at home, and that is the point where i was interested in: how could you make thermopaper at home.
and no, it is not that easy to create such a surface on the inside of the copper tubing. Sealing the vacuum with a little water inside it would be easier, but not much, as we need very specific pressure of water vapour in the tube after sealing.
But if it was about thermal paper, i thought, you might just know some chemical available in food or chem store
looks like someone is making a custom heatsink for something and decided to do a video on the copper heat pipes.
excellent demonstration!
My engineering project was the experimental performance analysis of heat pipe. This brings back memories
What’s inside be like “HEY, YOU STOLE OUR IDEA GRRRRR!” xD
What happens when you pass real high voltage of current through that? Explode?Or expand?
Well if you want really high voltage and current it'll probably explode and be a very big hazard to anyone near by without proper precautions. It's better to just keep the voltage low and run high amps though it. It'll get glowing hot and melt till the circuit is open, nothing too spectacular.
@@jarhead1145 thanks man
Well the first part would be spectacular to watch though.
@@jarhead1145 Why do you think it would explode? There is absolutely no reason for that. High voltage regularly passes through metal, nothing happens.
@@gogo311 High voltage plus high current. We are implying that if we put enough through it, what would happen. So yes if you put what is going through high tension power lines then the heat pipe would violently explode.
@@jarhead1145 Voltage does not cause a conductor to heat, only current flow does. One billion volts at one ampere has the exact same effect as one volt at one ampere on heating the conductor. High-tension power lines often carry hundreds of amps, which would pop that tube like a blown fuse. Their voltage is irrelevant.
Wow, it is a Sterling engine where all mechanical work goes towards to water heat cycling. Brilliant.
This is crazy. Can you run water through it to heat water instantly? If it was already hot, or is it just the pipe itself gets hot quick not anything running through it. Great job.
This is such an interesting material and its incredible to me that simple water and copper make an extremely efficient thermal conductor.
I wonder what the maximum length of it is before it becomes only 10x better than copper
0:53 what is this sheet? Where I can buy one?
i done some search and i found this is a liquid crystal heat-sensitive paper
There's a really cool video that shows some experiments with it m.ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html
@@Jamesardo136 u serious?
What's inside?
Thin, clammy air.
"what's inside the world's fastest heat conducter"
1mil people: well well let's find out
I came from tiktok
I really like how this visual played out.
Brilliant video! Very well explained, thank you for sharing
While I cut it I must ware gloves...
Litterally 30 sec later:
* Cuts it with no glove and don't get burned *
Giovenee_17_ Because he already cut it open and that breaks the water vapor magic
He forgot to mention that only while it's sealed he needs to wear gloves.
@@twang5446 rip he got ratio'd
Science lab: sciencey mombo jumbo
Me: huh?
Is it still called mumbo jumbo if its actually scientific?
1:34 you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about
😂😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣
Crap
This is essentially the core operating principal of all modern cooling. HVAC and AC units all operate using a long network of copper tubes filled with a vapor that it highly sensitive to temperature changes, by applying heat to one side of this network you make the other side very very cold, if you blow a fan over the cold side you have an air conditioner unit.
When you used your hand to heat them. It's interesting that the head pipe warms and cools faster, but the standard pipe radiated the heat further away from it's self than the head pipe.
Jou should put a rod between liguid nitrogen and boiling water.
@Cyka Blayat thats.... The point
It would be more efficient if silver was used instead of copper
It wouldn't make much difference. The vapor phase change of the working fluid is what transfers the heat. The limiting factor, is how fast the condensed liquid can be wicked back to the source of heat, so it can be evaporated.