Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> Soybeans, which was the only usable result google gave me for "specific 
> heat of oil", have a specific heat of about 1.926 to 2.912 kj/kg-K 
> according to 
> http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-4530.1999.tb00500.x
> 
> Sugar, according to 
>
http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:B3m5sDbitg0J:www.solexthermal.com/assets/pdf/en/SolexCS_The%2520Solex%2520Heat%2520Exchanger%2520-%2520A%2520Better%2520Way%2520to%2520Cool%2520Sugar%2520Crystals.pdf+%22specific+heat+of+sugar%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us,


> kilo calorie is 4.185 Joules).
> 
> And, for other chemicals, 
> http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-heat-fluids-d_151.html is a 
> good table.

All very much lower than the 4.1 for water, as Scott originally asserted.

Hmm, interesting. It must be that water cools faster because it 
evapourates then...

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