Thermal Conductivity

(On this page, “conductivity” will refer exclusively to thermal conductivity and will avoid use of any mention of electrical conductivity

• If you want a component to lose heat, you want it to be very high conductivity so that it quickly transfers the heat to the ambient air. Increasing exposed surface area via wide thin heat fins and moving air across them helps take advantage of this.

• If you want a component to keep heat, you want it to be very low conductivity so that it is slowly losing heat to the ambient air and requires minimal energy to keep at temperature. Minimizing exposed surface area will slow heat loss, so using additional layers of low conductive materials will

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