h a l f b a k e r yA riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a rich, flaky crust
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When having desert reccently I noticed custard has superb thermal properties. When too hot it has an amazing ability to scold you and when chilled, it's very cold and yuk. First I overcooked the custard, so I bowl in the fridge to cool quickly. Why I took it out, my slipped hand on the (brilliant lubricant
it is) custard and I dropped COLD custard all over my bare feet. I can vouch for custards high specific heat capacity and high rate of thermal transfer.
So I thought. Why not use custard as a coolant in machines?
When overheated, it also semi-solidifies and forms a darker coloured protective layer on the bottom of the pot.
Custard could be use by to overclockers, keeping CPUs icey cool and doing away with cumbersome heatsinks. Custard could also be used in fire extinguishers for chemical fires that water can't be used on. Infact custard could be a life saver... emergency systems in nuclear powerplants could fill the core with custard should a runaway occur.
Now if Columbia's wing was filled with custard ...
More custard-based weaponry.
http://www.halfbake...Bangalore_20Torpedo
One of my favourites. [egbert, Oct 04 2004]
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Cold custard, sadly, won't flow through the pipes. |
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//When too hot it has an amazing ability to scold you and when chilled, it's very cold//
Nice observation. |
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<Hot Custard> Bad venomx! Bad venomx!. You sit down and KEEP STILL!</Hot Custard> |
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//Custard could also be used in fire extinguishers for chemical fires that water can't be used on.// |
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We could use dry custard powder in the fire extinguishers... |
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isn't it explosive in some way though, suctionpad? |
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Being principally cornflour, yes. (Excuse me for interrupting.) |
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perhaps they will find some in Iraq. |
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/perhaps they will find some in Iraq/ |
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<oblig>In the middle of the dessert.<oblig> |
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Have we had Intercontinental Custard Pies yet? |
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//old custard, sadly, won't flow
through the pipes.// |
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True, very true. However, the
custard could be hot because it is
drawing away heat from the
source. |
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//old custard, sadly, won't flow through the pipes.// |
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we need to push it through the pipes attached to the cheese taps. that will work. |
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Yeah, custard doesn't flow very well. However, something called Bad Custard does. At least it seems to flow rather well when you throw it back up. |
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there are more effective coolants with higher heat capacities than custard, which is merely esters and sugar in water. |
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Though the concept of increasing the density of a fluid by dissolving stuff in it could enable coolants to have a higher heat capacity, for instance a metal which has a higher heat capacity than the stuff inside fridge freezers could be dissolved in fridgium (ithink it is called) thereby making it a more effective coolant. |
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It could be called custard in your honour, unfortunately i do not know where to copyright this idea or how to and i don't really care or can bte botherred, so it probably won't. |
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