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The reason that aluminum foil is not hot to your touch after being in the oven for a long time is because....

  1. #1
    WellHung Black Hole
    it possesses a very low molecular density.
  2. #2
    troon African Astronaut
    Interesting. Is this a characteristic of aluminium generally, or is it specific to the structure of the foil?
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    Because you touch yourself at night
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    troon African Astronaut
    your brain possesses a very low molecular density
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    You can impregnate foils. It's a method in the most top secret psychedelic synth ever

    You get a rhodium foil and a fishtank with chemical X and impregnate it and run some current through it and BAM a tryptamine
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    WellHung Black Hole
    Originally posted by troon your brain possesses a very low molecular density

    I threw you an 85 mph fastball over the middle of the plate, and you knocked it out of the ballpark, Son. Well done.
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    DrugSmuggler African Astronaut
    Actually aluminum foil has a very high surface area:mass ratio.

    Heat capacity is related to density (mass per unit volume), heat transfer (moving heat out of an object) is related to surface area.

    The aluminum heats up to the same temperature as everything else in the oven (quite a but faster than anything else in the oven – aluminum is a good thermal conductor), but a sheet of foil has almost no mass, but tons and tons of surface area.

    This means is ‘exhausts’ its heat very quickly.

    If you touch foil *right* out of the oven, it is hot – but within a few seconds it has cooled down to air temperature.

    The density of an object is the mass of the object compared to its volume, a block of aluminum would hold the heat long enough to burn yourself after being heated in the oven.
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    That's why they use it to cover grow rooms
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    WellHung Black Hole
    Originally posted by troon Interesting. Is this a characteristic of aluminium generally, or is it specific to the structure of the foil?

    yes to the former, but its more a product of the latter. the sheets of foil are very thin. Combine that with a large surface area and that makes it radiate/conduct all its heat away very quickly.
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    WellHung Black Hole
    Originally posted by DrugSmuggler Actually aluminum foil has a very high surface area:mass ratio.

    Heat capacity is related to density (mass per unit volume), heat transfer (moving heat out of an object) is related to surface area.

    The aluminum heats up to the same temperature as everything else in the oven (quite a but faster than anything else in the oven – aluminum is a good thermal conductor), but a sheet of foil has almost no mass, but tons and tons of surface area.

    This means is ‘exhausts’ its heat very quickly.

    If you touch foil *right* out of the oven, it is hot – but within a few seconds it has cooled down to air temperature.

    The density of an object is the mass of the object compared to its volume, a block of aluminum would hold the heat long enough to burn yourself after being heated in the oven.

    Reading ur response literally got me hard, Smuggler. Exquisitely stated. Puts my answer to shame, frankly. ☺
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    Wait until you hear about space blankets the official blankets of niggssinspacd
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    WellHung Black Hole
    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood Wait until you hear about space blankets the official blankets of niggssinspacd

    plz gimme a sneak preview?
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    Originally posted by DrugSmuggler The density of an object is the mass of the object compared to its volume, a block of aluminum would hold the heat long enough to burn yourself after being heated in the oven.



    the density of a piece of al foil is the same as a block of al.

    its the volume that retaims the heat. density have nothing to do ith it. water has lower density thannaluminum but retains heat longer than it.
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  14. #14
    DrugSmuggler African Astronaut
    Thanks for restating what’s already been posted VD Vinny
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    Rape Monster Naturally Camouflaged
    aluminum foil is useful for the vaporization of often times dangerous drugs
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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
    aluminum foil is a mystery to scientist they are still trying to measure it and explain it if they ever figure it out the implication can be huge for the field
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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Originally posted by Rape Monster aluminum foil is useful for the vaporization of often times dangerous drugs

    loyal to the foil
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    troon African Astronaut
    Originally posted by WellHung I threw you an 85 mph fastball over the middle of the plate, and you knocked it out of the ballpark, Son. Well done.

    If i call you dad, will you call me 'champ'?
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    aluminum foils are often confused by conspiracy theorists for tin foils.
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    Originally posted by DrugSmuggler Thanks for restating what’s already been posted VD Vinny

    yes. please stand corrected.
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