This calls for an experiment:
Take two bars and heat them together, put one in water and the other in an empty bucket while holding both...does the one in the water feel hotter than the one in the empty container? Except for the steam rushing up the bar to your hand I can see no reason for the quenched bar to feel hotter than the dry one.
I suspect it is more a matter of awareness as well as the reaching of a relatively specific pain threshold....
Be neat to hear the results, I will try to remember to give this a shot tomorrow. |