Conduction
It is conduction that will transfer heat from a cooking pot to the handle.
Within the pot handle (solid) heat transfer is by conduction. Within a persons hand heat is transferred namely by conduction. Heat convection does occur by motion of the body fluids but it's slower. When you grab the hot handle of a pot you can immediately feel the sensation of "hot".Heat conduction is the mechanism responsible for this fast transfer.
Conduction.
It depends on the size of the flame. If the flame is large enough so that it touches the bottom of the pot, the heat is transferred directly from the flame to the pot by conduction. A smaller flame will radiate heat to the pot but will also heat the air between the flame and the pot (by conduction) and the hot air will also transfer heat to the pot by conduction. Either way, heat moves from the bottom of the pot to the rest of the pot and the food inside by conduction.
As the stove heats up the pot, heat is transferred from the pot to the water through conduction. Within the pot, heat is transferred through convection from the hot water molecules to the cold ones.
It is conduction that will transfer heat from a cooking pot to the handle.
The handle made of metal will be hotter, since metal conducts heat very well, and wood conducts heat very poorly.
Within the pot handle (solid) heat transfer is by conduction. Within a persons hand heat is transferred namely by conduction. Heat convection does occur by motion of the body fluids but it's slower. When you grab the hot handle of a pot you can immediately feel the sensation of "hot".Heat conduction is the mechanism responsible for this fast transfer.
A pot handle on a stove
A copper bottomed pan conducts heat much better and more evenly than steel or aluminum and a plastic handle does not; making it nice and cool to handle.
Wood is much less conductive to heat than metals are.
It doesn't, it is room temperature minus visible light heat unless in a conductive / heat absorbing container.
A metal handle would get almost as hot as the pot, especially if you are cooking something for an extended time. Wood and plastic does not conduct heat as well as metal, so a wooden or plastic handle protects you from the heat while you cook.
Conduction.
The handles are plastic because people don't want to use pot holders to move pans around/on/off the stove. Metal handles get too hot to hold, plastic ones don't.
I would want a plastic or rubber style handle because they don't conduct heat very well, therefore you have less of a chance of burns.
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