Would this even work? Lol

  • Turun@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    There are two compounding factors

    • heat capacity: any short term experiment will measure heat capacity first, conduction second

    • locality of contact: contact along the whole length of the straw eliminates heat conduction along the length of the straw. A single point of contact (holding the straw with fingers instead of the whole hand) behaves differently.

    I thought plastic straws were thinner than 0.2 mm, so maybe the metal is actually better.

    It’s fun arguing about these technicalities though!