The thing people like about cast iron is the heat retention on the bottom due to the thickness, time recipes rely on that latent heat. So thicker may be better.
a longer copper rod is less conductive than a shorter copper rod, because thermal resistance grows with the length that the heat has to travel. so adding copper pieces to the material adds no heat transfer abilities, it just makes the pathlength longer that heat has to travel, so it travels less well and has actually higher thermal resistance in total.
According to the MSDS sheet, it releases a "gentle, pleasing odor of cinnamon buns" when heated to temperatures above 600F, and also releases "micro-vitamins" into the air that your body can readily absorb.
They're all real copper on the outside. Even the fake ones are copper plated. So the surface you're pissing on is copper regardless and would show the same reactions.
If you want a simple way to find pure-copper pennies, you don't need piss -- just look at the dates on them. Dates before 1982 will be pure copper (with a few rare exceptions), and after 1982 are all copper-plated zinc (with one rare exception).
Feeling weird/outed this is a shitpost. Just last year searched for copper bottomed carbon steel pan for this exact reason. Didn't find anything, but I still like the idea. Carbon steel is pretty shit at conduction.
Copper pans exist but they can be a pain to cook with. The high thermal conductivity means they heat up much faster than you expect, so it's easier to accidentally burn stuff, and they also cool down much more quickly once off the heat which can also be annoying. Plus you need to worry about oxide formation and food sticking much more than you do with steel pans.
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in reply to TrackinDaKraken • • •Look, you either keep these kinda thoughts to yourself, or expect me to politely ask you to indulge deeply all of your brain topic dump tendencies.
So how about them ackshuallies?
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in reply to daggermoon • • •For most of them, yes. But if you get old enough pennies, they'll be pure copper.
However, it's easy to tell just looking at this that many of these pennies have the newer design, so they're definitely only copper plated.
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in reply to OwOarchist • • •Piss on em. Real copper will turn light green.
You're welcome.
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in reply to blargh513 • • •They're all real copper on the outside. Even the fake ones are copper plated. So the surface you're pissing on is copper regardless and would show the same reactions.
If you want a simple way to find pure-copper pennies, you don't need piss -- just look at the dates on them. Dates before 1982 will be pure copper (with a few rare exceptions), and after 1982 are all copper-plated zinc (with one rare exception).
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