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That’s not the same point, actually. That quoted sentence says that hot water loses volume compared to cold water. The person you’re replying to is saying tha
by ketzo 4y ago
That’s not the same point, actually.
That quoted sentence says that hot water loses volume compared to cold water.
The person you’re replying to is saying that hot water simply takes up more space as well.
- atoav 4y agoSo that means two things: - 1 m³ of hot water is less water (in terms of mass) than 1 m³ of cold water - 1 kg of hot water has a bigger surface area than 1 kg of cold water I am still not convinced that this alone would explain such a phenomena. I'd rather believe there is some weird fluid dynamics and layering involved.
- wildmanx 4y ago> such a phenomena The singular is "phenomenon".
- atoav 4y agoThanks, English is not my first language.
- hprotagonist 4y agoit’s all greek to me!
- beckingz 4y agoPersonally, I think it's still English!
- hprotagonist 4y agopor que no los dos?
- stonemetal12 4y agoThe first seems compelling to me, less mass means less over all energy to freeze. The second less so. Hot water has a bigger surface area, which makes heat loss fast at first. When it gets to cold water's temp it should have the same surface area as the cold water making the advantage disappear.