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Re: Modifying CIMs to implode?

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Originally Posted by Bruce C.
I'll defer to any thermal analysis guys, but doesn't a black body radiate heat more efficiently than a shiny aluminum surface?
Contrary to intuition, shiny bare metal can often be closer to a "blackbody" than black paint. Some black paints are highly IR reflective, which generally means they are not that good at emitting IR when hot.