release or is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . november 2013 arctic silver inc. type private industry computer cooling electronics cooling founded 1999 founder nevin house headquarters visalia california products thermal interface materials website www.arcticsilver.com arctic silver 3 thermal compound an early syringe from 2003 arctic silver 5 is 6th from left in the custom grey and silver syringe with the fat black cap and arcticlean steps 1 and 2 bottles in the background . arctic silver inc. is a privately owned engineering corporation which develops and manufactures thermally conductive compounds and thermal adhesives for the application of heat sinks to high powered electronic components such as processors leds chipsets and other electronic devices . founded in 1999 the company s facilities are located in visalia california us . contents 1 history 2 selected products 2.1 arctic silver 5 as 5 2.1.1 claims and test results 2.2 matrix 2.3 arctic alumina 2.4 c ramique 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the arctic silver company was founded by nevin house in 1999 . headquartered in visalia california usa house s original product was a custom modified version of hp s turbocooler heatsink design from servers and workstations . that experience led to research in thermal compounds and their material composition . house experimented with silver based solutions and success with improved formulas led to a change in business focus to thermal interface compounds . 1 a succession of silver formulations were its leading products in the mid 2000s as is the current arctic silver 5 . other developments include ceramic non conductive compounds as well as thermal interface epoxy adhesives for use where permanence is desirable or where no other heatsink attachment method is available . selected products edit all products are rohs compliant . arctic silver 5 as 5 edit the current version of the company s eponymous thermal interface material arctic silver 5 is a compound of silver aluminum oxide zinc oxide and boron nitride in a polysynthetic oil base . it does not contain any silicone . in a 2009 benchmarkreviews.com review which compared 80 thermal pastes as 5 tied for first overall with an a enthusiast grade ; 2 it cooled a test system 12 % better than the last place finisher . this is useful for overclocking though it is insignificant in most scenarios . 3 claims and test results edit the company claims that as 5 s thermal conductivity is 8.7 w m k . however a study led by the us national renewable energy laboratory found that it was only 0.94 w m k . 4 the study lauded shin etsu x 23 7762 s and dow corning tc 5022 for their better thermal performance . the company also claims that its greases will never dry out or set . 5 matrix edit matrix is the company s most recent thermal compound in collaboration with tim consultants . 6 it consists of a silicone oil base containing aluminum aluminum oxide and zinc oxide particles . the 2009 benchmarkreviews.com 80 product review gave matrix labeled tim consultants t c grease 0098 an a enthusiast grade ; 2 it cooled a test system 11 % better than the last place finisher . arctic alumina edit arctic alumina is a ceramics based polysynthetic thermal compound using aluminum oxide as a thermal transfer medium . it is a lower cost product than arctic silver 5 . 1 the 2009 benchmarkreviews.com 80 product review rated alumina in the good class with a b enthusiast grade ; 2 it cooled a test system 10 % better than the last place finisher . c ramique edit c ramique is a composite of boron nitride aluminum oxide and zinc oxide . all of these are ceramic substances that is they have crystalline molecular structures . c ramique s suspension fluid is a polysynthetic oil base . it is an electrical insulator which makes it a better choice than pastes that contain metal such as as 5 when there is a possibility that the thermal compound could come in contact with the pins of an integrated circuit for example exposed resistors on the tops of some chip packages or a tightly packed circuit board or expansion card . the 2009 benchmarkreviews.com 80 product review rated c ramique in the good class with a b rating ; 2 it cooled a test system 10 % better than the last place finisher . see also edit overclocking arctic gelid noctua thermalright zalman references edit a b joel hruska december 1 2001 interview with nevin house of arctic silver . van s hardware.com . a b c d olin coles 2009 06 14 . 80 way thermal interface material performance test . benchmarkreviews.com . performance computers inc. archived from the original on 2010 03 30 . retrieved 2010 03 17 . cf. olin coles 2009 06 14 . 80 way thermal interface material performance test final thoughts . benchmarkreviews.com . performance computers inc. archived from the original on 2010 03 30 . retrieved 2010 03 17 . every product tested will transfer thermal energy beyond the needs of average computer users . if you do not overclock your computer system and push hardware to the breaking point any thermal paste featured in this article will suffice without penalty . though another source adds that pastes which dry and crack can still be problematic . narumanchi sreekant ; mihalic mark ; kelly kenneth ; eesley gary 2008 . thermal interface materials for power electronics applications pdf . 11th intersociety conference on thermal and thermomechanical phenomena in electronic systems 2008 itherm 2008 28 31 may 2008 . ieee . table 2 . doi 10.1109 itherm .2008.4544297 . we thank vipre77 for having pointed this out . arctic silver thermal compound application method horizontal line pdf . arctic silver inc. retrieved 2013 11 25 . arctic silver 5 c ramique arctic alumina and matrix thermal compounds are greases and have no adhesive qualities . they will never dry or set and can not be used to glue a heatsink to a cpu core . tc 0098 product information . tim consultants . external links edit arctic silver website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arctic silver & oldid 738110154 categories computer hardware companieshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2013all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 23 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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