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Why should you never determine the mass of a hot object?

Why should you never determine the mass of a hot object?
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Why should you never determine the mass of a hot object?

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First reason is safety, of course.

Second reason, the hot object radiates heat in the form of convection current which will heat the air around it.
This current can cause instabilities in measurements especially when using sensitive digital scales.
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