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A nail gets hot when hammered because of all the force the hammer, or other tool in which is pounding it in, is putting so much force on it that the nail gets hot because of all the impact.
P.S. Please answer this, What do raccoons do when it gets hot out?
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Why does a nail become hot when hammered into a piece of wood?
Friction
Why does the head of a nail get warm when you hammer it?
The Plank is raised to a certain height to hit the nail. Thus potential energy of the plank is converted into kinetic energy as well as some amount of heat energy's drive the nail into some wooden body. So the nail become warm.
When you hit a nail into a board using a hammer the head of the nail gets warm in terms of kinetic and thermal energy describe why you think this happens?
The kinetic energy transfers from the hammer to the nail. The molecules inside the nail move rapidly and create heat.
Why does a thermometer rise up when its hot?
Usually when a thing gets hot, it expands. The liquid in the thermometer gets hot, and expands, so it takes up more room in the tube.
How hot will tin foil get when in heat?
hot enough to cook an egg......really its true it gets that hot
Why does a nail become hot when hammered into a piece of wood?
Friction
The adverb phrase in Have you ever hammered a nail into a piece of wood?
into a piece of wood
What is the jewelled headdress supposedly hammered out of a nail in Christ's cross called?
The jeweled headdress that was hammered out of a nail in Christ's cross is called a circlet. It is also referred to as a caul.
What is hammered on a slant?
Toed - to toe in, hammer a nail in on a slant.
How do you use the word hammered in a sentence?
When I hammered the nail, I accidentally hit my thumb. The astronomy teacher hammered the basics of star formation into our heads over and over again.
Why does the head of a nail get warm when you hammer it?
The Plank is raised to a certain height to hit the nail. Thus potential energy of the plank is converted into kinetic energy as well as some amount of heat energy's drive the nail into some wooden body. So the nail become warm.
What are some Japanese sayings?
The nail that sticks out must be hammered down.
When a nail is bent when hammered is it a chemical or physical reaction?
It is a physical reaction, this is because the nail is physically doing something
What does The nail that sticks up will be hammered down mean?
if you seek attention you will be given it
Who hammered in t he last nail of the transcontinental Railroad?
a guy called peter viney
Why does a steel nail go from shiny to dull when it is held in a hot flame?
when a steel nail is held in hot flame it gets burned and by reacting with oxygen and becomes iron-oxide. so, it becomes dull.
When you take a nail and hammer it into a piece of wood where does the wood go that was there before the nail was hammered in?
The nail presses the wood outward away from it. This compressed wood around the nail pushes back holding it in place.
