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Re: coolant: oh and i forgot......

To: spritenut@Exit109.com, trunkie@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: coolant: oh and i forgot......
From: Ronsoave@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 12:10:59 EDT
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Reply-to: Ronsoave@aol.com
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In a message dated 99-04-11 11:47:03 EDT, spritenut@Exit109.com writes:

> Oh and I neglected to mention that pure water has a better
>  > coefficient of heat transfer than water with anti freeze/anti boil.

Actually, that would be the specific heat you'd care about, and yes, water's 
is 1.0 and ethylene glycol's is around .55 (in btu/lb F units).  Of course 
EGW is caustic - ever spill it on paint?  But the anti corrosives take care 
of the water crap, too.  Enough...

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