On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:31:05 -0500, Kenneth
> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:55:38 -0500, Rodney Myrvaagnes
> wrote:
>
>>The thinner bottom doesn't conduct heat as well as the thicker bottom,
>>just as physics tells you.
>
>Huh...?
>
>Is that what you intended to write?
>
>Thanks,

It is, but I see the problem. The thickness is to add _sideways_
conductivity so the inside temperature is more uniform when the pan is
wider than the burner. The thin bottom will conduct more quickly to
hot spots on the inside right above the burner, which I guess is what
you were suggesting.


Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a


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