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Old Jul 27th, 2012, 14:45   #67
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Originally Posted by faffi View Post
Oil takes longer to heat and longer to cool. Water is similar to aluminium and oil to steel in those regards.
Dude, you're wrong. Specific heat of mineral oil is 1.67KJ/KgK and water's is 4.19 KJ/KgK, which means you need to supply more then twice as much energy to water to raise it's temperature by 1 Kelvin. Please make sure you know what you are talking about before you voice your opinion...
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