I'm not sure that's relevant: the *degree* to which the top-side of the
frying pan heats up is related to the heat capacity (if I recall the term
correctly - or perhaps it's specific heat?) of the frying pan - i.e., the
more heat it can absorb per unit volume for a given temperature rise, the
slower the temperature of a portion far from the heat source will rise. But
that doesn't prohibit instantaneous propagation (which would mean that the
far portion's temperature rise would *begin* immediately, regardless of how
slow it was).
- bill
Steven Vogel <spamvogel at iconn.net> wrote in message
news:38112AAB.1E02 at iconn.net...
> Naturally, you're correct. As an experiment to prove your point, you
> could turn the burner on your stove on high. After ten minutes, put a
> cast iron pan on the burner and put your hand on the top of pan right
> away for ten seconds. After ten minutes, have the poster that said that
> heat travels faster than the speed of light put their hand on the top of
> the pan for ten seconds.
>> The person who doesn't scream has the better grasp of reality.
>> Bill Todd wrote:
> >
> > If heat in a substance does in fact propagate via the interaction of
> > particles and EM fields, it's hard to see how it could do so at a speed
> > faster than c.
> >
> > - bill
> >
> > Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
> > news:3810DBC3.3463B0BB at alcyone.com...> > > Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well actually I am, but the equation is faulty. It is only a good
> > > > approximative model
> > > > of the physic characteristics of heat, not an exact description of.
> > >
> > > Well, no kidding.
> > >
> > > > Examine function describing heat distribution along the string.
> > > > Examine value of this function at t=epsilon (epsilon approaching 0)
> > > > especially "interesting" are the values of this function infinitely
> > > > far
> > > > from
> > > > point p. It is small but non-zero.
> > >
> > > This is doing the equation, not doing the physics.
> > >
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