Heat sink

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A heat sink is a spatially limited area or body that emits the thermal energy stored in it or supplied to an adjacent medium. Adjacent media can be solid objects, liquids or gases.

Applications

In technical applications, this can be a cooling device that dissipates waste heat to prevent connected components from overheating .

Individual evidence

  1. Dictionary of geothermal energy: HEAT SINK - Federal Geothermal Association eV

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