I feel stupid to ask but here goes.
So you can sit in a sauna where the thermometer measures the air at 80oc, and it’s fairly comfortable. But if you sit in water which a thermometer measures at 80oc, you die pretty instantly.
So I get that water is denser and so transmits heat faster – but then… what is the thermometer measuring if not heat transfer???
Tia
In: Physics
Thermometer measures objective temperature. It only measures heat transfer if you bring it to a hot sauna and keep a close eye on it to see how quickly it reaches the 80C mark.
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