Hello Bj”rn!

On Wednesday June 13 2007 08:55, you wrote to me:

 DW>>> The thermal conductivity of glass is far lower than that of
 DW>>> aluminum, or steel - whatever the cans were made of. Also, the
 DW>>> glass wall of a bottle is far thicker than the metal wall of a can.

 MvdV>> The alternative explanation might be that the metal beer can
 MvdV>> *feels* colder to the hand than the glass jar, just because of
 MvdV>> the thermal conductivity issues. The hand will heat up the
 MvdV>> surface of the glass. The beer can OTOH is much more difficult
 MvdV>> to heat up by the hand because it conducts well and there is a
 MvdV>> relatively large heat sink (the beer) behind it. So it *feels*
 MvdV>> colder.

 BF> I even felt the difference while drinking it.

So maybe it is a bit of both.

 MvdV>> The proper way to do the experiment is measure the temperature
 MvdV>> of the beer and the liquor with a thermometer.
[..]
 BF> I have to find a thermometer I can use. I have a digital with a
 BF> thermo-element but that's used for something else but hey....I have
 BF> two digital that meassure indoor and outdoor temp... I'll get back to
 BF> you when I have figured out how to do it.

Ok, we shall await the results of the experiment then...

Cheers, Michiel

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