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Article: Plastic That Conduct HEAT.(Heat sinks )
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- Plastics Technology
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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Heat sinks and other heat-removal applications are among the last areas where thermoplastics--inherent thermal insulators--have yet to replace metals. Until fairly recently, that is. Modifying plastics to improve their thermal conductivity is a burgeoning area of opportunity for a handful of compounders. They have taken up the challenge of using plastics to solve problems of heat buildup in electronics, appliances, lighting, automotive, and industrial products.
Among the pioneers, whose heat-conductive compounds have gone commercial in just the last couple of years, are PolyOne Corp., Cool Polymers, LNP Engineering Plastics, RTP Co., and Ticona Corp. GE Plastics, ...