What's up with aluminum foil?
27 November 2025

What's up with aluminum foil?

Chemistry For Your Life

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#018 Rebroadcast

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of aluminum foil. Why doesn’t it feel hot when we take it out of the oven? How does it cool down so quickly? We harken back to a previous episode about specific heat a few times in this episode, listen to that one by clicking here.

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References from this episode

    http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=703 Dr. Weber PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of North Texas Chemistry, Edition 1 - Julia Burdge Melissa's Previous Knowledge
 

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