Question based on real experience

question...based on real experience!!!

Hi everyone

OK... I was frying eggs and was using an old frying pan with a metal handle without any protection so when the pan get hotter and hotter so does the handle.


When I finished using it i tried to cool it down by pouring water on top of it. What happened was that as I poured water on the pan ( the part which was evidently the HOTTEST) the heat transfered to the handle which I was holding and eventually I burned myself.


Why did that happen?

An easier way for you to picture what happened(in case u don't get it from my description above) is to imagine that you have a rod which is extremely hot on one side and cold on the other one. As we try to cool down the hot end of the rod the heat is transfered to the cold end immediately ( or as quickly as we awe cooling the hot end down).

Why that is.


I thought that as we cool down the hot end of the rod, the heat will be absorbed by the water and steam will be formed.

I DID not expect that as I cool down the hot end , I am going to get burned by holding the end with lower temperature.

Please explain to me :)

Thank you

 

i don't think that can be an answer because i held it for 2 minutes...when suddenly got burned 2 seconds after i poured down water on the hot end...

 

there was a sudden increase in temperature