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Norvelas

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I recently purchased the "IC Graphite thermal pad" for my CPU as a replacement for thermal paste. As you can tell by its name, it's graphite. I'm also currently using the EKWB Fluid Gaming Kit - A240G; which is an all aluminum water cooling loop.

I'm a complete noob when it comes to Galvanic Corrosion. Would the thermal pad (graphite) cause galvanic corrosion on my CPU block (aluminum)?
 
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The Original Ralph


No - graphite is nothing more than vitrified acrylic (ie heated to 5000F) - identical to carbon fiber
but it will conduct electricity so keep any remnants off the motherboard
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No - graphite is nothing more than vitrified acrylic (ie heated to 5000F) - identical to carbon fiber
but it will conduct electricity so keep any remnants off the motherboard
 
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No. Galvanic corrosion requires that two elements be in both electrical contact and galvanic contact. There's nothing to carry ions from dislike metals around, so it won't undergo galvanic corrosion.
 
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