Cooling Fin

Part IV

In order to explore the effect of the metal fin's conductive ability on the final heat dissipation, we changed the thermal conductivity K from 1.68W/cm C (aluminum) to 3.85W/cm C (copper, transmits heat faster than aluminum). We kept the same dimensions of the fin used in the last section (4 cm x 4 cm), also with power input only along a 2 cm length. Using the bisection method, we found 7.27 W to be the greatest power input that kept the maximum temperature below 80 C.

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