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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (22414)7/21/2008 1:57:26 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36918
 
If you managed to insulate the half of the thermometer bulb facing away from the parabolic reflector with polystyrene, I think you could get a temperature delta of about 10 degrees C. Room temperature being 20 dec C, Ice being 0 degree C and 50% of the heat conduction being by radiation.

Assuming some errors, like not hitting the exact focus point, I would say 5 deg C delta would not be an unreasonable expectation.


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