Re: help me with this

I never heard about this one.. very interesting

"Richard Schultz" <schultr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <120m40qsgqf7p1f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Marvin
<physchem@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Ken wrote:

:> I myself teach chemistry in college. I had a question last class to
which I
:> couldn't give a sure answer. If we have a glass of water at exactly 300
K
:> and another one at exactly 290 K in a room at 295 K, which glass of
water
:> will reach 295 K first? why?

: It is a trick question. You have to consider evaporative
: cooling, so the 300 K glass wins.

It's like the question about if you insert an ice cube tray containing hot
water and one containing cold water into your freezer, why the former one
freezes first.

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Richard Schultz schultr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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