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How long would it take for a tightly-sealed thermos flask of boiling water to cool to room temperature?

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Originally posted by ivangrice
How long would it take for a tightly-sealed thermos flask of boiling water to cool to room temperature?

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Pretty sad. I pity you.

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Originally posted by D43M0N
Pretty sad. I pity you.
The depressive power of the question notwithstanding, anyone got an answer?

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Originally posted by ivangrice
The depressive power of the question notwithstanding, anyone got an answer?
i think its a good question....it'll take a long time...maybe a day?

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Originally posted by ivangrice
How long would it take for a tightly-sealed thermos flask of boiling water to cool to room temperature?

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Just how many seals are we talking about here sonny? Them seals are as slippery as a doggone harlet's tongue.

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Originally posted by ivangrice
How long would it take for a tightly-sealed thermos flask of boiling water to cool to room temperature?

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What brand and size thermos... how hot was the water when seald(exacly boiling at sea levle?). whats the temp. outside the canester?

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Originally posted by xxxenophobe
What brand and size thermos... how hot was the water when seald(exacly boiling at sea levle?). whats the temp. outside the canester?
Thermos Jupiter 38 (1 litre). One standard twist and pour stopper. Water at exactly 100 degrees C when sealed in an environment at sea level with ambient temperature 20 degrees C.

How long?

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Originally posted by ivangrice
[b]How long would it take for a tightly-sealed thermos flask of boiling water to cool to room temperature?
23 hours, 51 minutes, 33 seconds. Do I win a prize for this answer?

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Wait a second! Answers to engineering questions like this should include a list of assumptions. What model did you use to find the cooling time?

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The question is failed in it's self. If the container is sealed... how do we know the water is room temp without opening it?

ES

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Originally posted by ivangrice
How long would it take for a tightly-sealed thermos flask of boiling water to cool to room temperature?

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Is the thermos in a vacuum and travelling at near the speed of light?

Also, as a thermos keeps hot things hot and cold things cold could you keep coffee and a choc ice in the same one at the same time?

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I'd say water at 100 C is scorching hot. What do you think, El Scorcho? Hot enough for ya?

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Originally posted by blueduck
23 hours, 51 minutes, 33 seconds. Do I win a prize for this answer?
You do if you can explain it in scientific terms..

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really you couldnt do this with out opening the can and thet is a factor is there such a thing as a wireless digital thermometer

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Originally posted by thenegativeinfinity1
really you couldnt do this with out opening the can and thet is a factor is there such a thing as a wireless digital thermometer
I was kind of hoping that there'd be some mathematical analysis...