Dakhil@alien.topB to Hardware@hardware.watchEnglish · 10 months agoIEEE Spectrum: "Thermal Transistors Handle Heat With No Moving Parts"spectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareLastKilobyte@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago…So does a chunk of metal.
minus-squareNamelessVegetable@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoBut can a chunk of metal modulate its thermal conductivity?
minus-squareStevesanasshole@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNo more so than Jacob Silj can modulate his voice
minus-squareLastKilobyte@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agogalinstan alloys show higher thermal conductivity at higher temps, so in a way, yes.
…So does a chunk of metal.
But can a chunk of metal modulate its thermal conductivity?
No more so than Jacob Silj can modulate his voice
galinstan alloys show higher thermal conductivity at higher temps, so in a way, yes.