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The Cold That Isn't There

How a fridge works, by moving heat rather than making cold

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Wren: 28 min · Hollis: 31 min

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Your chapters

  1. A piece of January

    heat, insulation

  2. Made of nothing

    heat transfer, temperature, vapor, evaporation

  3. The traveler in the pipe

    pressure, boiling point, refrigerant, evaporator, compressor

  4. Behind the box

    condenser, expansion valve, refrigeration cycle, thermostat

  5. Goodnight, old Moss

    the wind-down