# \#heat-capacity **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/heat-capacity/2303.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Steel Cubes vs. Ice Cubes for Keeping Drinks Cold](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/steel-cubes-vs-ice-cubes-for-keeping-drinks-cold/1622)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [30 June 2022 15:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/steel-cubes-vs-ice-cubes-for-keeping-drinks-cold/1622 "2022-06-30T15:35:29Z")
It isn’t even remotely close. The heat capacity of water is 4.18 joules per gram degree Kelvin, almost nine times that of steel (0.466), and that doesn’t count the latent heat of fusion in the ice to water…