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Anonymous10/05/25, 21:23No.16807217Hot liquid in a glass
>I have decided to ask this to my fellow hoomans instead of the stupid AI for a change.
Cold winter morning, and you just made some boiling hot tea. You dont want your glass to break, and you have two options: pour it into the glass with thick walls, or into the glass with thin walls. Which one do you pick?
>Cracking due to heat is because thermal expansion causes uneven stress, leading to fractures when the material can't accommodate the strain.
Thin walls might heat up more evenly, but on the other hand, thick walls might withstand the strain.
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Anon10/05/25, 21:38No.16807228
Thick walls will spread the heat more and result in a smaller temperature increase for the glass itself
That said, the material matters a lot more than the thickness. I'm pretty sure ceramic cups are better at worhstanding temperature than glass
>t. not a materials engineer
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Anon10/06/25, 00:13No.16807345
>You dont want your glass to break
You bought a PYREX glass.
It's therefore not a problem.
Problem thus solved by default.
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Anon10/06/25, 00:28No.16807362
tea drinker here, this is an easy oneThin walls are brittle and crack easily regardless of any temperature differential.
Thick walls are strong, and have higher heat capacitance. The thick walls suck up heat, hold onto it like a battery with all it's thermal mass. Then once the tea starts to get cold, the cup remains warm, heating it an and keeping the tea warmer longer.Of course you wanted to splurge you could go with double wall borosilicate mug or Dewar flask and ignore all that jazz.
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Anon10/06/25, 00:36No.16807371
Heat the exterior of the glass and you can chose whatever you want.
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Anon10/06/25, 01:30No.16807388
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Anon10/06/25, 01:34No.16807390
>homework thread
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Anon10/06/25, 11:27No.16807648
If you’re going to put hot liquid in a glass you use a double wall glass.
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Anon10/09/25, 01:51No.16810026
thick, obviously
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Anon10/09/25, 09:24No.16810259
I pick the thin glass like my ancestors.
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Anon10/10/25, 13:52No.16811229
Thick walls. In my experience whenever I've cracked a glass by thermal shock, it's always had thin walls.
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Anon10/13/25, 03:30No.16813576
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Anon10/13/25, 03:32No.16813578
I pour it into which ever glass is tempered.
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Anon10/19/25, 11:30No.16820654
Why are you using a glass instead of a mug you retard
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Anon10/19/25, 14:27No.16820722
Thicker walls has more thermal mass and more overall strength.