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Water has a much higher heat capacity than iron, so it will stay hot much longer. That's why people use hot-water bottles rather than hot chunks of iron as bed-warmers.

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Q: Which would be better to keep you warm through the cold night a 10- kilogram iron brick or a 10-kilogram jug of hot water at the same temperature?
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