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There are several occasions where this is not so... It isn't, the are the same temperature but as metal is more conductive than wood it will feel colder or hotter at the same temperature as heat is transfered more quickly from your hand to the object (feels cold) or from the object to your hand (feels hot)

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Metal have one or two free electrons in outer orbit to conduct heat and wood having carbon with four electrons in outer orbit, it will left with only two electron in inner orbit as compared to six protons in nucleus making it highly positive electrically so it will not give electrons for heat conduction.

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Metals are colder to the touch because they transfer heat away much more quickly than wood, since they are excellent conductors of both heat and electricity. However, wood is an excellent insulator, so the heat cannot spread as quickly and stays to keep your hand feeling warm.

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  • Vibrations
    • Heat causes molecules in a material to vibrate. As they vibrate, they jostle their neighbors, transmitting the energy of their motion. When one group of molecules sets another to vibrating, heat conducts through the material.

    Surface
    • Heat conduction between materials depends partly on how their surfaces meet. If a surface is rough and uneven, contact and heat conduction are interrupted by gaps. Wood is full of microscopic gaps at its surface. Metals are smoother and have fewer gaps.

    Metals
    • In metals, the outer electrons in its atoms are more loosely bound than in wood. Metal atoms are packed more densely and can transmit heat vibrations more readily.

    Crystals vs. Fibers
    • On an atomic level, metals arrange themselves in networks of crystals, which tend to be stiff. Wood is made of tiny fibers, which are both softer and more randomly organized. Heat vibrations are conducted less efficiently though these fibers.

    Internal Voids
    • Wood has gaps internally as well as at on its surface. It's riddled with microscopic air pockets left when the living wood dried out. Molecular vibrations from heat move through these pockets slowly. Metals have far fewer voids.

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Metals have a large pool of electrons which make them good conductors of heat and electricity.

Wood does not large pool of delocalized electrons.

Plastics also, does not have large pool of delocalized electrons.

Metals are good conductor of heat and electricity because of free electron, which are moving from place to place by means of which heat and electricity pass 4rm one electron to an other..........

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metal gets hotter because of the sea of electrons; electrons are moving freely, therefore, metal gets way hotter than wood

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particles in metals are mobile therefore heat passes through easily while particles in woods are immobile so heat can not pass through

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