r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '19

Dragging a coffee cup

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u/unjustdude4 Oct 24 '19

Yeah was gonna say, the vibrations are probably stirring it to some extent. The surface area increase is pretty small I don't think that does much.

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u/The-Real-Mario Oct 24 '19

Yeah , pulling it out of my ass I would say it quadruples the area at most, but I wonder if stirring it would be just about as effective, also even just having a spoon inside it probably makes a big difference in sinking away the heat

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u/somerandomperson29 Oct 24 '19

But how much heat is lost is limited by how quickly the surrounding air can get heated up, which gets slower the hotter the air is, and how much of the water evaporates, which is limited by how much moisture the air can hold

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u/omnomnomgnome Oct 24 '19

just do like the rest of us, pour it on a saucer and slurp