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Unread 12-05-2002, 04:13 PM   #21
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Water and air both cool solids via convection. The primary difference is the convection coefficient of water compared to air. At the same conditions (temperature, flow velocity, etc.), water is on the order of twenty times more efficient at convection than air is.
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