2007-02-14 04:25:22 · 10 answers · asked by cubiche00 1 in Environment
My answer to this question is that it depends on a number of complex factors. The nature of the kettle or pan in which the water is boiling and the amount of water. Also the design of the stove including the mass of hot metal and the temperature it has reached as the water is heated. As has already been said the water will be boiling at 100C but the stove (or at least parts of it) when first turned off will be far hotter. My guess is that it was an electric stove it may well be that the mass of hot metal would be hotter than the water after ten minutes but the smaller amount of hot metal in a gas stove would cool to below the water temperature (provided there was a reasonable mass of water). Heat transfer in this situation is complex and depends on a large number of factors - evaporation of water, temperature differences driving heat loss by conduction, convection and radiation and heat capacities, masses and surface areas at various temperatures.
2007-02-14 05:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by Robert A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water will be colder. There are a couple of reasons. 1. The temp of the water was 212 degrees F. The stove's element was probably above 300 degrees F. So, the water has less heat to loose. 2. The heat of evaporation will cause the water to cool quickly as it evaporates. Heat is lazy. It goes where it has the least amount of resistance. Water is a good conductor and will not mind loosing the warmth...
2007-02-14 12:40:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The stove
2007-02-14 12:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stove, because of the higher specific heat of the water.
2007-02-14 12:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stove.
2007-02-14 12:34:18 · answer #5 · answered by babygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stove is colder. Water resists temperature change, so metals and other materials change temperature more quickly than water.
2007-02-14 12:29:26 · answer #6 · answered by ecolink 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
water has a high specific heat which means that it takes a lot of heat to make it rise in temperature and a lot of "lack of heat" to make the temperature decrease [also the stove will not immediately loose all of its heat]. this property of water also helps humans not get too hot through sweating "evaporative cooling"
2007-02-14 12:33:50 · answer #7 · answered by kristin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you on gas or electric? Either way...I think the water, unless you boil a miniscule amount of water. Water has a high heat capacity and holds heat for a long time.
Think of a lake vs. flagpole in winter...which gets cold faster? In summer which gets hot faster? Water resists change.
2007-02-14 13:07:03 · answer #8 · answered by Jennifer B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Above posters are correct. Water has a high specific heat, so it is relativley "difficult" to both heat up and cool down. This property, amoung others, makes it the "universal solovent" that composes such a large portion of our bodies.
2007-02-14 12:34:04 · answer #9 · answered by stage_poi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna say stove.
2007-02-14 12:29:29 · answer #10 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋