Thermal paste is used between your CPU and heat sink in order to what?
Aid the transfer of heat from CPU to the heatsink
Act as a fire retardant is the CPU starts on fire due to heat
Thermal paste is simply a special glue to attach CPUs and heat sinks together
Keep the heat sink and CPU from melting together
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Thermal paste in electronics, i is often used to aid a component's thermal dissipation via a heat sink.
Wikipedia
Thermal paste (also called thermal compound, thermal grease, thermal interface material (TIM), thermal gel, heat paste, heat sink compound, heat sink paste or CPU grease) is a thermally conductive (but usually electrically insulating) chemical compound, which is commonly used as an interface between heat sinks and heat sources such as high-power semiconductor devices The main role of thermal paste is to eliminate air gaps or spaces (which act as thermal insulation) from the interface area in order to maximize heat transfer and dissipation Thermal paste is an example of a thermal interface material As opposed to thermal adhesive, thermal paste does not add mechanical strength to the bond between heat source and heat sink
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