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Radiators (Posted on 2002-09-26)

It's well-established in physics that black or dark-colored objects radiate heat faster and more effectively than light-colored objects.

So, in almost every building that uses steam heat, why are the radiators painted silver or some other very light color?

See The Solution Submitted by Jim Lyon

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-07-19 09:31:38
Solution (to a flawed statement)	Chaz	2003-05-03 10:17:50
just an observation	Helen	2003-03-21 05:22:16
wrong statement in problem	bart	2002-12-04 09:55:45
it just isnt so	James	2002-10-24 10:26:55
A Contradiction	Justin Ryan Grenier	2002-10-09 02:14:40
Guess/Answer	Gobleteer	2002-09-27 11:01:06
re: Yet another guess	TomM	2002-09-27 10:14:50
Yet another guess	Aeternus	2002-09-27 07:21:52
Another guess	friedlinguini	2002-09-27 06:12:27
Bump!	levik	2002-09-26 16:24:47
re: Guess	Jim Lyon	2002-09-26 13:13:44
Guess	Justin Ryan Grenier	2002-09-26 07:30:29

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