Comments on: Like a hot knife through http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/like-a-hot-knife-through/ Our quirky little blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Liam http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/like-a-hot-knife-through/comment-page-1/#comment-2877 Liam Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:04 +0000 http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/?p=2713#comment-2877 @ Steven, As a certain Tom Foley can attest, I am no physicist, but I don't think that the knife <em>could move</em> without any force required. Even if the very hot knife sunk into the butter under only its own weight, gravitational force would be in effect there. @ Steven,

As a certain Tom Foley can attest, I am no physicist, but I don’t think that the knife could move without any force required. Even if the very hot knife sunk into the butter under only its own weight, gravitational force would be in effect there.

]]> By: Steven http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/like-a-hot-knife-through/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Steven Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:32 +0000 http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/?p=2713#comment-2876 If the butter is frozen solid, how hot would the knife have to be so that no force had to be applied to get the knife through the butter? If the butter is frozen solid, how hot would the knife have to be so that no force had to be applied to get the knife through the butter?

]]> By: Liam http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/like-a-hot-knife-through/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 Liam Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:17:19 +0000 http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/?p=2713#comment-2875 When you have a sharp, pointy knife like the one in the picture, it doesn't even need to be hot to go through butter. When you have a sharp, pointy knife like the one in the picture, it doesn’t even need to be hot to go through butter.

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