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 \(1.68 W/cm^{\circ}C\) (aluminum) to \(3.85 W/cm^{\circ}C\) (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 \(80^{\circ}C\).

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