[DIYbio] thermal cyclers for PCR (was: new)

On 06/03/2014 05:41 PM, Jebus Jones wrote:
> would not some form of heatblock arrangement (like a CPU heatsink) on a CPU be used (with a suitable gap to contain a small volume
> of air) with a heat/radiator source (again like a CPU) with a fan arrangement blowing over the heatsink in preprogrammed cycles to
> produce this rapid cycling effect?

The air gap you describe would not be moving, thus it would be a high barrier to heat flow -- an insulator.

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