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Will a liquid remaine hot longer in a plastic cup or in a metal cup?
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∙ 14y ago
It depends on which one radiates heat fastest.
Since plastics are generally poor heat conductors, you'd expect the plastic cup to cool more slowly. But a thin plasic cup, painted black, may radiate more heat than a very shiny metal cup.
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