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Why Big Stuff Cools Off Slower Than Small Stuff

Why Big Stuff Cools Off Slower Than Small Stuff

Why Big Stuff Cools Off Slower Than Small Stuff

Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer

August 2, 20188m 3s

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Show Notes

Welcome to another chapter in my ongoing saga entitled "big things are not small things." In this edition of big vs. small, let's look at hot stuff. Here I have three aluminum objects. A large block, a small block, and a heat sink. Just for reference, the big block is about 14 centimeters long and the smaller block is almost 4 centimeters long (with the heat sink a little bit bigger than that). Of course none of these objects are cubes—but that's OK. So here's what I did.

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