What's up with aluminum foil?

27/11/2025 30 min Episodio 18
What's up with aluminum foil?

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#018 Rebroadcast
This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of aluminum foil. Why doesn’t it feel hot when we take it out of the oven? How does it cool down so quickly? We harken back to a previous episode about specific heat a few times in this episode, listen to that one by clicking here.
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References from this episode

http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=703
Dr. Weber PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of North Texas
Chemistry, Edition 1 - Julia Burdge
Melissa's Previous Knowledge

 
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