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Something else to remember from my school days, "hot glass looks
like cold glass". Also, since glass doesn't radiate as much, you
don't feel the heat coming off it like you would hot metal.<br>
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My soldering irons have stainless steel tubes holding the heater and
pointy bit out there. Since stainless is a poor conductor of heat
(compared to plain steel), you can touch the part near the handle
and not know the other end is smoking hot.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/28/2015 07:57 AM, Jeffrey E.
Salzberg via Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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...And that mass has a higher percentage of surface area, also
leading to faster cooling.<br>
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<hr align="left" width="400"> <b>Jeffrey E. Salzberg, Lighting
Designer</b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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src="cid:part1.07010203.09060302@interstellar.com"
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