Sintered titanium offers several advantages over sintered aluminum as material for heat-pipe wicks. Titanium both strong and light. Thermal conductivity only one-seventh of aluminum, and therefore used when high thermal resistance is needed to prevent boiling of working fluid.
Titanium Heat-Pipe Wicks
NASA Tech Briefs ; 9 , 4
1986-03-01
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