thermal grease

English

Noun

thermal grease (countable and uncountable, plural thermal greases)

1. A viscous fluid substance, originally with properties akin to grease, which increases the thermal conductivity of a thermal interface by filling microscopic air-gaps present due to the imperfectly flat and smooth surfaces of the components.

Synonyms

• heat paste
• thermal compound, thermal gel, thermal paste

Translations

fluid used to increase conductance of a thermal interface

• Finnish: lämpötahna, lämpöpasta
• Galician: pasta térmica f
• German: Wärmeleitpaste (de) f
• Hungarian: hővezető paszta
• Italian: pasta termoconduttiva f, pasta termica f
• Portuguese: pasta térmica f
• Spanish: pasta térmica f
• Swedish: kylpasta c