Hello DAVID!

On Tuesday June 12 2007 10:03, you wrote to Bj”rn Forsstr”m:

 DW> -> Now you can explain why the liquor didn't get as cold as the
 DW> -> beer when I had in in the freezer.

 DW> Maybe the beer was in metal cans, and the liquor was in glass bottles.
 DW>  The canned stuff would cool considerably faster.

That could be a factor. let me forward the original question by Bj”rn as
posted in the FIDONEWS echo:

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I did put two 33 cl beercans and perhaps 10 cl of liquor in the freezer
at the same time. Taken out 30 mins after the beer was colder than the liquor.
Is it more difficult to cool liquor than it is to cool beer because of the
alchohol %? I found that for 99,5% ethyl alcohol the freezing point is
-117,3C but this only contains 40%. I think that 10 cl would freeze just as
quick as 33 cl beer. Am I wrong?

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I asked him "how did you measure it". And the answer was:

=== quote ===

 MvdV> How did you measure that?

Oh shit (ashamed) with my hands......

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So maybe, before speculating about the cause, we should establish if the
effect is real or if the beer can just appears to be colder to the hand
than the glass? with the liquor.


Cheers, Michiel

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