Various silver-based thermal compunds

[Force Flow]

It appears that not all thermal compounds advertising that they contain silver, actually contain no silver.

The testing solution stayed orange - if it had any silver in it, the acids would turn varying degrees of red, depending on the purity of the silver present. OCZ claims that OCZ Ultra II Premium Silver compound is, "Made with 99.9% pure micronized silver, Over 70% silver content by weight". I cannot concur and my tests conclusively show that there is Zero micronized silver present, and Zero silver content by weight.

http://www.overclockers.com/articles938/

[milkman4_hi_r]

how about the rest, like AS5? i would like to see more tests like this, as i have only seen temp tests with Thermal Compound.

[Joeberg]

"Arctic Silver 3 and Arctic Silver 5 were also tested and both produced a blood red color, indicating 90% - 100% purity of Silver in both Arctic Silver 3 and Arctic Silver 5. Arctic Silver's claim of, "Contains 99.9% pure silver" by my testing is accurate and of the compounds tested, only Arctic Silver products produced results showing that Silver is in fact present."