Question

it is estimated that you loose heat to cold water four times faster than to cold air. Your body is mostly water. What if your body had much less water in it, and the rest of it consisted of substances that heated and cooled as easily as metal. would a cold environment be more chilling or not?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Before explaining the following phenomenon, it is good to clarify one thing: the laws of thermodynamics are fulfilled and cold water usually freezes faster than hot water. However, and although it seems counterintuitive, it has been observed for centuries that this fact is not always fulfilled and under certain circumstances, hot water freezes before cold water. Aristotle was the first to record this phenomenon, but it was not published as a scientific observation until 1969 by Erasto Mpemba. Precisely due to the surname of the scientist born in British Tanganyika, this phenomenon is known as the Mpemba effect. A curious effect that has recently been having an impact due to a new viral called "boiling water challenge" and consists of throwing boiling water into the air to see how it quickly freezes and turns into snow.