On Thursday, August 8, 2013 12:34:39 PM UTC-4, Quinch wrote:
> I've recently switched to an electrical stove, and there's something that bugs the living daylights out of me. Namely, heat transference.
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> The elements are metal, and so are the pans. Neither of these is particularly pliable, which means that there's very little actual surface contact between the two, so there's probably a hell of a lot of heat loss.
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> So my question is, is there anything to help with that, like some sort of soft, heat-conductive pad that goes between the two to help with heat transference {for the computer-wise, basically thermal paste, except in solid form}.
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> Or anything else that works, really.
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> Regards,
>
> Quinch

Surely electric heats by radiation and convection, very little
conduction. You don't want conduction heating as it will accentuate hot spots. Gas heats by convection.

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