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Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon when in cold water?
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∙ 13y ago
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.
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Why does a metal spoon feel hotter than a wooden spoon when in hot water?
because metal is a conductor which likes hot things
Is a wooden spoon a conductor or insulator?
Wood is an insulator. Think about it; when you put a wooden or plastic spoon in boiling water, does it burn your hand? No. This is because it slows the flow of heat from the water to your hand. I do not suggest trying the same thing with a metal spoon, which is a good conductor.
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.
When you stick a metal or plastic spoon in extreamely hot water which one will bend more?
no
Joan placed a metal spoon in a pot while boiling some water to make soup After a while she found that the metal spoon is too hot to pick up She wondered how the metal spoon became so hot?
Metal is a good conductor. Loosely held electrons can bump into other atoms and help transfer thermal energy.Transfer of heat.
Why does a metal spoon feel hotter than a wooden spoon when in hot water?
because metal is a conductor which likes hot things
Why an empty glass cracks when you pour very hot water into it but it does not crack if there is a metal spoon in it?
As the metal spoon is a good conductor of heat and because heat travels from a hotter reigion to a colder reigion,the metal spoon will conduct heat away from the hot water and thus,the emty glass will not crack.
Is a wooden spoon a conductor or insulator?
Wood is an insulator. Think about it; when you put a wooden or plastic spoon in boiling water, does it burn your hand? No. This is because it slows the flow of heat from the water to your hand. I do not suggest trying the same thing with a metal spoon, which is a good conductor.
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.
What is the answer of a metal spoon is hotter than a wooden spoon after the spoons are put in a basin of hot water for 5 minutes?
Metals have specific heats higher than wood.
Which type of spoon is better to stir boil water?
I think Plastic or wooden spoon is better because wooden spoon wouldn't be hot like the steel ones if we stir it in the boiling water
What material would you stir boiling water with?
A wooden spoon
Why does a metal spoon get hot in a pot of boiling water?
'nothing, it's like putting a spoon in a hot soup' Wrong ^ As the metal spoon is a better conductor of heat than the air the hot water (or soup) and the spoon as a larger surface area with the air (or active sight) it transfers heat to the surrounding faster, thus cooling the hot liquid faster.
What will happen when you put a metal spoon in boiling water?
some water vapor released from boiling would condense on the cold spoon as water droplets.
Will a wooden spoon rust if it is left in water?
yes because it will rust
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"
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.
