• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    not quite, the glass of water itself acts as a radiator since it has a significantly larger surface area than the phone, and water evaporation cools it down ever so slightly

    even at equilibrium it’ll probably keep the phone a degree or two colder, i’d wager.

    • nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      Evaporation will help radiate heat away, but the surface area to volume ratio is much lower than the phone by itself.