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minus-squarealternategait@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoAlso aluminum is super great at conducting heat! which means your drink will rapidly move toward whatever temperature it is.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoGreat at conduction, but with not a lot of thermal mass, meaning that actually your drink will usually just make whatever it’s touching (your hand, often) super cold or hot.
minus-squarealternategait@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoIt’s a two way street. Your hand is reciprocally warming the drink.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoWe’ve been storing and drinking beverages in aluminum cans for like a century now and this hasn’t been a big problem.
Also aluminum is super great at conducting heat! which means your drink will rapidly move toward whatever temperature it is.
Great at conduction, but with not a lot of thermal mass, meaning that actually your drink will usually just make whatever it’s touching (your hand, often) super cold or hot.
It’s a two way street. Your hand is reciprocally warming the drink.
We’ve been storing and drinking beverages in aluminum cans for like a century now and this hasn’t been a big problem.