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Corrosion requires a constant source of fresh oxidant. The water trapped inside a heat pipe cannot corrode anything.

The tiny amount of free oxygen that was ever trapped inside gets consumed essentially immediatly and amounts to a relative handful of atoms on the inner surface.

If a heat pipe ever corroded and leaked, it was manufactured with a leak to begin with, or was corroded from the outside.

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I never said the coolant corroded the heat pipe.

Your CPU pins rusting is a bigger concern then.

I never said it was a risk or concern or anything else in that direction. I was just pointing it out because I thought it was interesting. There was a time I didn't realize there was coolant in these heat pipes that could escape. Until encountering one where it had dissipated and, after some consternation and googling, realizing what must have happened to cause such terrible thermal cooling performance. Even if it does happen, heat pipes are among the cheapest components to replace (also the easiest).

Does everybody just want to argue over nothing now?

Maybe I'll rephrase.

Is the CPU pins rusting a bigger concern, compared to if the heap pipe busts ? Thats not an argument, it is a question.

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