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I wonder if actual tin foil would behave differently from the aluminum foil that we are all now using. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil https://en.wikipe
by chasil 1y ago
I wonder if actual tin foil would behave differently from the aluminum foil that we are all now using.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil
- toast0 1y agoTin foil and aluminum foil do have generally different properties. For instance, tin foil can disrupt mind control and aluminum foil can't, and corrosion effects are likely at least different. But any thin metal foil isn't going to be able to hold much heat, because there's just not that much material.
- chasil 1y agoI do not think that you are correct. "The thermal conductivity of aluminum is 237 W/mK, and that of tin is only 66.6 W/mK, so the thermal conductivity of aluminum foil is much better than that of tin foil. Due to its high thermal conductivity, aluminum foil is often used in cooking, for example, to wrap food to promote even heating and grilling, and to make heat sinks to facilitate rapid heat conduction and cooling." https://www.chalcoaluminum.com/blog/aluminum-foil-tin-foil/ https://www.chalcoaluminum.com/blog/aluminum-foil-tin-foil/
- piker 1y agoIf it rounds to zero, then perhaps 4x'ing it won't make a difference?
- kardos 1y agoWell, heat capacity and thermal conductivity are not the same thing
- adastra22 1y agoThat’s the part of the comment you took issue with? Lol.
- chasil 1y agoThe things that you can measure are science. The things that you can't measure are... not.
- haneul 1y ago> tin foil can disrupt mind control You're not weaponizing Gell-Mann amnesia against us are you?
- toast0 1y agoNot at all. Just doing my part to point out, whenever it's topical, that tin foil hats work and aluminum foil hats don't. There's a reason they want you to call aluminum foil by the wrong name.
- PantaloonFlames 1y agoCommitted to the bit. Kudos
- aydyn 1y agoMind control waves are pure magnetic fields as opposed to traditional EM waves. So although aluminum can act as a Faraday cage, its not a magnetic shield and hence not capable of stopping mind control.
- dtgriscom 1y agoOoooh! I get to share my favorite Stack Exchange answer! https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/208520/82798 https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/208520/82798
- ahazred8ta 1y agoThe anti mind control tinfoil hat was invented in 1926 by SciFi author Julian Huxley, brother of Aldous.
- Schweigerose 1y agoWell, I guess Germans are in for a nasty surprise since they call that garment an "Aluhut" in the respective circles where such things are required for street cred ...
- hinkley 1y agoTin foil keeps the illuminati out of your brain. That's why they cancelled it. And I have proof!