Retraction (was: Cooling with oil)

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

It's a hallucination brought on by the emotional trauma that's resulted from
repetitively opening your wallet to support its parts fetish....  ;)

Oh - BTW, Jules - your rubbers were shipped out yesterday...  ;)

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
To: <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Retraction (was: Cooling with oil)


> Ummm yes.
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> Why do I see small dollar signs behind my eyes when I look at my car?
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> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
> Internet Application Developer
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> >From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
> >To: "list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Retraction (was: Cooling with oil)
> >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:38:04 -0700
> >
> >It was pointed out to me that my statement was erroneous. Sorry for
wasting
> >the bandwidth on this drivel.
> >
> >Maybe I'll just go skulk away from physics-related questions from now
> >on....
> >
> >Anyone have any Neurophysiology questions?!  :-/
> >
> >JT [sheepish]
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
> >To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>; "Kervin Ridgley"
> ><kridgley@brownscar.com>; "list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:50 AM
> >Subject: Re: Cooling with oil
> >
> >
> > > Just to provide a little clarification, oil wouldn't work in this
> > > application because its specific heat coefficient is MUCH higher than
> >water
> > > or glycol. Since pure water has a low specific heat (dH = 1.0), it has
a
> > > greater cooling capacity in that it can _exchange_ heat faster that a
> >medium
> > > with a higher specific heat - also provided it has an outlet to
exchange
> > > that heat to (i.e., radiator). You are right that oil could absorb
more
> >heat
> > > in the long run but the internal combustion engine generates so much
> >heat
> >so
> > > fast that it has to exchange it faster that a high specific heat
> >material
> > > could provide.
> > >
> > > Aside from its corrosive properties pure water is a nearly perfect
heat
> > > exchange medium in a pressurized system.
> > >
> > > HTH, JT
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> > > To: "Kervin Ridgley" <kridgley@brownscar.com>; "list"
> > > <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:52 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Cooling with oil
> > >
> > >
> > > > Oil is more viscous than water so it would pump slower. That would
> >reduce
> > > > cooling capacity.
> > > > Oil also has less thermal capacity than water so the amount of heat
> >that
> > > > could be carried by a given volume of coolant would also decrease.
> >That
> > > > would also decrease cooling capacity.
> > > > OTOH you would never have any corrosion in your cooling system!
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Kervin Ridgley" <kridgley@brownscar.com>
> > > > To: "list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:10 AM
> > > > Subject: Cooling with oil
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering if you could take the coolant out of a JH engine and
> >fill
> > > it
> > > > with oil and have it work.  I don't plan on doing it, I was just
> > > wondering,
> > > > maybe I just need another cup of coffee.
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