If there's one topic that's guaranteed to cause a heated discussion amongst PC enthusiasts, it's thermal paste. From how much to use, to what shape you apply, everyone has their own opinion on ...

Liquid metal consists of metal alloys such as gallium, indium, and tin and has a higher thermal conductivity than thermal paste. This leads to better heat transfer and more effective cooling of ...

For example, Thermal Grizzly's Conductonaut metal paste contains tin and gallium, both of which are solid at room temperature. When combined, though, they have a consistency even runnier than ...

New Thermal Paste Could Supercharge Chip Cooling. ... (an alloy of gallium, indium, and tin) with aluminum nitride, a ceramic. “[Mechanochemistry] ...

Your average thermal paste is a colloid—a liquid with solid particles in suspension—with tiny grains of aluminium oxide and/or zinc oxide being mixed into silicone.