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The Instrument Tech in me says it will make little difference between dry and with heat transfer media, a second or two perhaps. We never use anything in industrial temperature sensors although thermocouples are often sprung loaded but there is a considerable mass of metal radiating the heat away.The thermal conductivity of brass would more than compensate over the plastic variety.