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by jmcguckin 1774 days ago
One place i worked used flourinert to cool the circuit cards of a integrated circuit tester.

Each card has a 'cold plate' where the outside of the cold plate has a brass tube brazed to the plate in a serpentine pattern leading to two quick disconnect connectors that automatically engage/disengage when the card in inserted or removed from the card cage.

The other side of the cold plate (the 'inside') has spring loaded fingers to pull the heat away from chips. We had some chips that dissipated over 100W.

This worked great - you'd lose maybe 1 drop of fluid per card insertion, etc. We used flourinert, but DI water, mineral oil or water with ethylene glycol could be used as well.