why does water seems to retain more heat than milk?

Question

Coffee with hot milk but without hot water compared to coffee with 75% hot milk and 25% hot water. Seems the latter retains more heat. Note: Final beverage quantity of both cases are same and also assume milk and water having same temperature while making beverage.

In: Physics

Answer 1

The terms you’re looking for are “thermal mass” (you can also read about specific heat) and “thermal conductivity.”