The Science Behind Energy Transfer in Liquids



Science expert Dan Souza reveals the science behind energy transference in liquids.

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  1. This is wrong. The water doesn't contain more energy, it just transfers energy must faster than the oil does. This is also the reason it takes more energy to heat the water – it's like filling a bucket with a large leak in it; it will get full, but it will take longer than the bucket without or with a smaller leak. The extra energy it took to heat the water isn't in the water, it's already been lost to the environment.

  2. More numerically, their heat transfer coefficients are different. Water has a heat transfer coefficient of 800-1600 W/m^2-K, whereas cooking vegetable oils can range in the low hundreds (and lower with more degradation, as well). That's why oil takes so long to cool off, too

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