Arctic Silver

Arctic Silver Inc. is a California-based company that manufactures thermally conductive compounds (sometimes called "thermal grease") and adhesives commonly used for the application of heat sinks to high-powered electronic components.

Products

Arctic Silver 5 (AS5)

Arctic Silver 5 is a high-density polysynthetic silver, zinc oxide and aluminum oxide thermal compound, which has become the company's most popular product. Arctic Silver 5 contains over 88% thermally-conductive filler by weight. In addition to micrometre sized silver, Arctic Silver 5 also contains sub-micrometer zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and boron nitride particles. These particles are added to further improve the compound's performance and long-term stability.It does not contain any silicone.

Thermal resistance of 0.001 in (25 micrometer) layer: <2.9 mm²•K/W (pressure not specified). [http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm]

It should be noted that AS5, although slightly conductive and capacitive, is not as great a danger to electronics as believed. Its ability to capacitively couple adjacent traces only becomes a problem under high pressure. This is one of the reasons the Ceramique compound was developed.Fact|date=August 2008

Céramique

Céramique is a high-density composite of thermally conductive aluminum oxide, boron nitride and zinc oxide sub-micrometer particles. It is not electrically conductive nor capacitive, which makes it a better choice than AS5 when there is a possibility that the thermal compound could come in contact with the pins of an integrated circuit.

Thermal resistance of 0.001 in (25 micrometer) layer: <4.5 mm²•K/W [http://www.arcticsilver.com/ceramique.htm]

Arctic Alumina

Arctic Alumina is a ceramics-based polysynthetic thermal compound, which is similar to AS5. However, Arctic Alumina is manufactured using sub-micrometre aluminium oxide.

Thermal resistance of 0.001 in (25 micrometer) layer: <6.5 mm²•K/W [http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_alumina.htm]

Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive

Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive is a silver-based dual component epoxy adhesive. Like Arctic Silver 5, the cured adhesive can be slightly capacive, so when any electronic contacts are touched, Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive is recommended instead. [http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm]

Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive

Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive is a ceramics-based dual component epoxy adhesive, which uses a layered composite of aluminum oxide and boron nitride. It is a pure electrical insulator, neither electrically conductive nor capacitive. [http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_alumina_thermal_adhesive.htm]

ArctiClean

ArctiClean is a product marketed to remove thermal heatsink paste. Two components are used in a two-step process. The first step utilizes the Thermal Material Remover which emulsifies the existing paste. The second step uses the Thermal Surface Purifier which removes the residue left behind from the first step and to further clean the surface. [http://www.arcticsilver.com/arcticlean.htm]

All products are RoHS compliant.

References

External links

* [http://www.arcticsilver.com Arctic Silver Website]