A blacksmith wishes to cool his hot piece of steel as rapidly as possible. He has a bucket of ice-water and a bucket of oil (at room temperature). Which bucket should he dump his steel into?

Can anybody make a test and clear up this confusion???

If I'd have the fever, I'd jump into the ice-water bucket...
Edited on November 8, 2003, 4:19 pm

Posted by Bruno on 2003-11-08 00:20:20