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[–] Jakylla@jlai.lu 24 points 6 days ago (5 children)

A block of diamond would be even better (copper being at 401 W/mK, Diamond at 3320 W/(mK), almost 10x better)

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

But only 3-5 diamonds are generated per chunk, requires an iron pickaxe, and usually doesn't start appearing regularly until Y level 14.

Meanwhile copper can have up to 16 veins of copper per chunk, requires a stone pickaxe, and appears most frequently at Y=48.

Copper is clearly more accessible for making ore blocks.

Wait a sec, this isn't !minecraft@lemmy.world

[–] kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 6 days ago

Back to the mines with you, you're yearning

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 days ago

This is after 1.18, Diamonds are most commonly found at Y=-54 now.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

with the way prices are going, carbon based heat dissipation may become the preferred option

how pretty would it be if it was a tree-like crystal structure

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] LunarLoony 3 points 6 days ago

Kooling, obviously

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago
[–] Dpek@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gonna assume kelvin

Think C but what if zero was actualy zero

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago

Watts per milliKelvin? I wouldn't think that would be a form of thermal capacity OR thermal dissipation, which is why I asked

It has higher conduction but it's specific heat capacity is worse, at least per mol

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Silver would be more feasible though. It's next best after diamond.