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wooden log, the silver spoon would melt at a lower temperature than the wood could resist. (Im not 100% on this though! melting pt for silver is about 900 C)
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∙ 12y agoa silver spoon takes in more heat..
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Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon when in cold water?
Because metal conducts heat faster than wood. The temperature of the water will be carried up to your hand much more efficiently by the metal spoon than a wooden spoon.
Why does the handle of a metal spoon got hotter than a wooden spoon?
Metal is a good conductor of heat. Wood is not a good conductor of heat, although I wouldn't exactly call it an insulator of heat either. If you put a wooden spoon halfway into a pot of hot water, the dry part of the spoon will not get hot even though the wet half will be as hot as the water is, if you leave it in for a while. But if you heat up a wooden spoon and keep it dry, let's say by leaving it on a baking sheet and baking it in the oven along with some cookies, you may be able to grab the spoon and pick it up even though it's hot. There's no way you could do that with a metal spoon because you'd "feel" the heat more with metal. The heat would be conducted from the metal spoon to your skin, but a wooden spoon won't conduct much heat to you.
Why would you use a wooden spoon to stir boiling water?
Thanks to lifehacker.com: " If it starts to boil up too high, the spoon will pop the bubbles and keep it from boiling over as quickly, meaning you have more time to get back and turn the heat down. Note that this could warp a wooden spoon, so do it with a utensil you don't want as much. Alternatively, you could use something metal, but you'd have to remove it with an oven mitt because it will become very hot"
Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon when its taken out of the refrigerator?
Metal conducts heat better than wood. When you touch the cold spoons, the heat of your hand travels away more quickly through the metal, so it feels colder.
What is the value of a silver spoon?
I just bought one at a antique store for five dollars.It has a wooden handle. On the internet the same one was selling for 27 dollars. Nickel silver has no silver in it. Copper,nickel and zinc. Mostly copper. It is also known as German silver.
What is meant by saying that the metal spoon conducts heat?
The metal spoon is more conductive.
If you left a medal spoon in a pot of boiling soup why would it burn someone's hand?
That would depend on what the spoon is made of. A metal spoon conducts heat - that's why cooking utensils are made of metal. We want our pots and pans to conduct heat efficiently from the stove to the food. Put a metal spoon in a boiling pot, and the spoon will very quickly heat up to 190 degrees or more. On the other hand, wood is a very good insulator. You can pick up a wooden spoon from a pot of boiling water and have no fear of burning yourself. The boiling water is at a temperature of 212 degrees fahrenheit, 100 degrees celsius. It cannot get any hotter until the pot boils dry. The wooden spoon will feel neither warm nor cool, because it does not conduct heat either way.
What IS the value of silver spoons?
most likely its sterling silver which isn't pure silver and it depends on the rarity/collector value of the spoon. Probably not much more then $5 or $10 for a basic sterling spoon
Why does energy transfer from a hob to a spoon?
The heat energy is transferred from the hob to the metal spoon through conduction; this is where particles that vibrate a lot due to their heat energy then 'pass on' these vibrations to the next adjacent particle which does the same and so on. Metals are a good conductor of heat so that is why the metal spoon gets hot, however, wood is not a good conductor of heat and so the wooden saucepan handle doesn't get hot.
Does heat travel faster in water or silver spoon?
If you had a spoon and heated one end of it the other end would get hot more quickly than if you heated one end of some water in the same shape as a spoon (not easy!!) and measured the heat at the other end of that. This is because the conductivity of silver is greater than that of water. However, if you had a column of water and heated the bottom, the top would get warm fairly quickly because of, not only conduction, but also convection, where the hot water rises and the cold water comes down. Silver does not move like this so the heat transfer by convection would be zero.
Can you stir silver nitrate solution with a copper spoon why or why not?
No, we cannot stir silver nitrate solution with a copper spoon because , copper is more reactive than silver. Thus,it would displace silver from the silver nitrate solution forming copper nitrate....
What is the reason that a spoon gets hot when it is in a bowl of hot soup?
The reason a sppon gets hot when it is in a bowl of hot soup?because heat travels to the spoon to your hand.the more you leave the spoon in the soup,the more heat travels to the spoon and gets hotter and hotter.
