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Subject: how come a aluminium foil is cool when u remove it from the oven?

Date: Wed Nov 24 17:45:00 2004
Posted by Calvin
Grade level: grad (science) School: UC Davis
City: Davis State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1101339900.Ph
Message:

When we use a conventional oven to make fried potatoes, we place it on a 
aluminium foil.If Al has a high thermal conductivity.How does the Al foil stay 
cool when you pull it out of the oven after heating it for 20 minutes at 
around 400C? is it because of the speicific heat?


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