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Thanks for that answer!

Thanks for the reply. To be clear, I'm talking about the hairdryer burning the skin, not the dryer bursting into flames. In fact I just gave the hairdryer as an example, I'm really interested in understanding the physics here: i.e. if I blow air at 60 degrees C at a wall can that wall's...

Hi all, I actually work in physics (quantum physics) but my thermodynamics knowledge is a bit lacking these days. The following problem has had me puzzled for quite a long time. Basically, if I point the hot air coming out of a hairdryer at a target, will that target's temperature ever go...