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nator
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01-26-2005 10:04 AM

I really don't know much about this, but wouldn't surface area have something to do with the rate of cooling?
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Also, how hot the item was to begin with, density, etc?
  
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Message 28 of 148 (181056)
01-27-2005 8:09 AM 		Reply to: Message 9 by Percy
01-26-2005 10:36 AM

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In other words, big objects take a long time to cool.
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Ha! Wow, I don't really know anything about this subject but my cute little guess using my meager physics (and I mean meager--never even took the class in high school) was kind of correct.
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That made my day.
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01-27-2005 8:13 AM 		Reply to: Message 27 by Silent H
01-27-2005 7:42 AM

Re: Grooovy, BAYBEE, yeah!
LOL! Good one, holmes.
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