| Hello, Well, I thought maybe I could lend a little information here.I as many of you know am going to St. Cloud State University and have some physics under my belt along with alot of math.Not that that makes me an expert by far.
Some interesting points have been brought up.The first being that many factors have not been taken into consideration in the theory presented.I believe it was Joe who mentioned that.However as Bob responed, the point was missed.I do believe that as one said the ability of any coolant to do its job whether it be water or other depends greatly on the time that it is allowed to be in contact with the heat before being able to release the heat itself and then the time that it is allowed to 'cool off' before being subjected to the heat source again.As they suggested the many tubes with a large flow capacity could easily pass much coolant, the discharge from the radiator however restricts this and does so by a seemingly interesting 1/3.The reason liguids such as water, being the best natural one, are used as coolants is because of a high heat capacity, that is ability to hold and transfer heat.However, chemistry tells us that the higher the heat capacity the longer the amount of time needed to absorb that heat.I do believe that the reason for restricting the flow is to slow the coolant throughout the entire system, giving adequate time for the liguid to both heat up and cool off.Too fast means hardly any heat transferred and too slow means not enough.Both equal havock and distress for your car.The 1/3 theory has to do with the fact that the specific heat of water is 1.I do believe that the originol coolant was just that water and being the specific heat is 1 there is an equation I believe known as the Stoiman theory that gives us the 1/3rd number.
Well, now that that is out of me, I don't know if that is really the case as I don't have alot of experience with radiators but from the physics and chemistry side of things that is where I see it.Bob, I congratulate you on an interesting discovery however I do believe that the man himself, Ford, had an idea a long time ago and that was to cool his car as best he could and someone whether it be him or not suggested the principal I have mentioned above.I know that is alot of so called 'rocket science' but there is an art known by few but used by many every day known as "Toilet Technology" that also escapes many but at times needs to be dealt with. -My 2 or maybe 4 cents worth, 'A' Youngster
Brad Werner
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