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Why is the lumped system analysis more likely to be applicable for an apple made of gold than for an actual apple

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I would say it is because of it's thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity of a golden apple is quite much larger than that of an actual apple. This has an adverse effect on the Biot number, making the Biot number much smaller for gold.

And as such, the lumped system analysis is more suitable

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