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Old 04-08-2014, 12:37 AM
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The colour and texture of the surface will effect the the way a material will radiate or absorb heat energy but the thermal capacity (specific heat) of the material will determine how hot or cold it gets for a given loss or gain of energy.

I think new theories of quantum mechanics have changed some of the simpler ideas we had back in the sixties though.
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