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tacloban87
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I've always wondered how people are able to walk on hot coal without suffering from burns.
Moreover, earlier, a teacher demonstrated to my class how if one spills liquid nitrogen on one's hand in open air that one does not suffer from frostbite, but only feels the cold temperature.
I got to thinking that the explanation for these two cases are in some way related to one another...is it because they are both open systems? So with the hot coal, heat is leaving the system, but with the liquid nitrogen, heat is entering the system?
Moreover, earlier, a teacher demonstrated to my class how if one spills liquid nitrogen on one's hand in open air that one does not suffer from frostbite, but only feels the cold temperature.
I got to thinking that the explanation for these two cases are in some way related to one another...is it because they are both open systems? So with the hot coal, heat is leaving the system, but with the liquid nitrogen, heat is entering the system?