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Sitting in an open thermos, which reaches room temperature (20°C) faster?

Posted on 6/1/21 at 5:35 pm
Posted by stendulkar
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 5:35 pm
1) 1°C water

2) 39°C water

3) same time

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Posted by rickgrimes
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 5:39 pm to
There have to be at least a couple of Keith Gonthier ME students here who paid attention in his Fluids / Heat Transfer class that should be able to answer this question. I personally have no idea whatsoever.
Posted by EngTiger
Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 5:39 pm to
39C water due to natural convection
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

Sitting in an open thermos, which reaches room temperature (20°C) faster?

Sir did you want that Baconator to be a combo or just the sandwich?
This post was edited on 6/1/21 at 5:58 pm
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62986 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 5:42 pm to
Regardless, my wife would simultaneously turn the downstairs AC on to cool the 39C water and turn the upstairs heat on to warm up the 1C water resulting in nothing but a massive power bill.
Posted by Obtuse1
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 5:50 pm to
Same volume or same mass?

Even if you start with the same mass the 39 degree water will have a lower mass by the time it reaches 20 degrees due to increased evaporation even if it is minuscule.
Posted by Bazzatcha
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 6:25 pm to
same time
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 6:26 pm to
the horse was named Friday
Posted by Christopher Columbo
Member since Jun 2015
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 6:26 pm to
The thermos is the water's mother.
Posted by Kafka
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 6:39 pm to
is this while you are driving 100 mph?
Posted by HeadSlash
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 6:51 pm to
4) Depends on the volume
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 6:58 pm to
I don't care for your punctuation. I immediately thought of sitting in a giant thermos.
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