"Preliminary results of Qu Tube heat pipes we are testing show high thermal conductivity, with lower bounds as
determined by the fin equation of the order of 10,000 to perhaps 30,000 times that of copper".
The web site referenced in the PDF is in Chinese. Maybe this technology has been classified by the People's Liberation Army. That would be the sensible thing to do if it works as claimed.
DeltaV wrote:The web site referenced in the PDF is in Chinese. Maybe this technology has been classified by the People's Liberation Army. That would be the sensible thing to do if it works as claimed.
What good would that do? NASA has samples.
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