Re: The Doucet Theory on Pumpkins with Split Personalities
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: The Doucet Theory on Pumpkins with Split Personalities
- From: V* B*
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:45:20 -0700
- List-Archive: <http://www.mallorn.com/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
>Mike,
>
>Ok, I agree that the tent analogy wasn't the best and
>the pumpkin shell adds quite a bit of insulating
>value. If you measured the air temperature inside the
>cavity and saw only 10 degrees change over a day, that
>would indeed reduce the Doucet effect due to
>temperature swings somewhat. I was assuming a
>considerably larger temperature swing of the internal
>air for a large force to be exerted.
>
>Was the temperature probe you used insulated from the
>shell wall? The temperature of the shell wall being
>cooler could have affected the reading somewhat.
>
>The increase in pressure differential due to growth of
>the cavity exceeding the rate of air permeation into
>the cavity is still on the table.
>
>diana
>
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Diana'
try the prob yourself and i believe the air to be a gas.
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