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==Temperature regulation== Engineering fins are also used as [[Fin (extended surface)|heat transfer fin]]s to regulate temperature in [[heat sink]]s or [[Radiator (heating)|fin radiator]]s.<ref>Siegel R and Howell JR (2002) [https://books.google.com/books?id=O389yQ0-fecC&pg=PA1 ''Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216095824/https://books.google.com/books?id=O389yQ0-fecC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=2023-12-16 }} Chapter 9: Radiation combined with conduction and convection at boundaries, pp.335–370. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|9781560328391}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/207095/fin Fin: Function in aircraft engines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216095917/https://prebid-server.rubiconproject.com/setuid?bidder=amx&uid=07484e68-faa3-45a1-83dc-4560ee72f259&do=www.britannica.com |date=2023-12-16 }} ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved 22 November 2012.</ref> {{multiple image | align = left | direction = horizontal | header = Fins can regulate temperature | header_align = center | header_background = | image1 = ZiD-Sova-175.jpg | width1 = 167 | alt1 = | caption1 = [[Motorbike]]s use fins to [[Cooling fin|cool]] the engine.<ref>Clarke, Massimo (2010) [https://books.google.com/books?id=u7U524TamcUC&pg=PA62 ''Modern Motorcycle Technology''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216095825/https://books.google.com/books?id=u7U524TamcUC&pg=PA62 |date=2023-12-16 }} Page 62, MotorBooks International. {{ISBN|9780760338193}}.</ref> | image2 = Oil Heater 5293.jpg | width2 = 71 | alt2 = | caption2 = [[Oil heater]]s convect with fins | image4 = Istiophorus_platypterus.jpg | width4 = 198 | alt4 = | caption4 = [[Sailfish]] raise their [[dorsal fin]] to cool down or to herd [[schooling fish]].<ref name=Cavendish>[https://books.google.com/books?id=va1ODFo_tdUC&pg=PA332 ''Aquatic Life of the World''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216095825/https://books.google.com/books?id=va1ODFo_tdUC&pg=PA332#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=2023-12-16 }} pp. 332–333, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2000. {{ISBN|9780761471707}}.</ref><ref>Dement J [http://www.littoralsociety.org/userfiles/doccenter/Species%20Spotlight%20Atlantic%20Sailfish.pdf Species Spotlight: Atlantic Sailfish (''Istiophorus albicans'')] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217230458/http://www.littoralsociety.org/userfiles/doccenter/Species%20Spotlight%20Atlantic%20Sailfish.pdf |date=December 17, 2010 }} ''littoralsociety.org''. Retrieved 1 April 2012.</ref> }} {{clear}}
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