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Metals are good heat conductors, so the extra heat is drawn away from the warmer area (your hand) to the cooler areas. Foam is a heat insulator, so the heat won't travel away as fast.
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How does a cooler melt ice slower than the sun?
foam insulation
Why does a metal door knob feel cooler to your hand than a carpet feels to your bare feet?
Metal can conduct heat away from your body (hands) faster than carpet.
Why do you feel cooler than it is?
The wind can make it feel cooler - wind chill.
Why do you sometimes feel cooler than it is?
The wind can make it feel cooler - wind chill.
Does metal or foam keep water hotter longer?
In general, foam is a better insulator than metal, and so foam would be expected to keep water hotter longer under most normal circumstances.
Why does a metal spoon feel cooler than a piece of wood at 20C?
Because metal has better thermal conductivity than wood. Thermal conductivity depends of the atomic and molecular structure of the stuff. The air is a poor thermal conductor, but water is better.
Why do handlebars feel colder than normal?
The solid metal handlebars are colder because metal is a better conductor of heat/cold than rubber. Its like putting your hand in a 400 degree oven. your hand can stand the air because it is a poor conductor of heat. but you are burned if you touch the metal.
Why do metals feel colder than wood when in same temperature and conditions?
Actually, the reasons metal objects often feel cooler than wooden objects has to do with the way the body feels heat and the rate metal conducts heat. If a room is left at 72 degrees Fahrenheit, all of the objects in the room will eventually reach 72 degrees, but a person standing in the same room will be at 98.6 degrees. When a person touches something in the room, he or she will be at a higher temperature than the object. Heat will flow from the hotter object (the wood or metal). The heat will flow through the wood or metal away from the person's skin, but at different rates, faster through the metal and slower through wood. We say then that metal conducts heat better than wood does. The end effect is there is less heat left in the finger where it touches metal than where it touches wood. The nerves in the finger sense the finger is cooler and the metal object seems cooler.
Why does a piece of metal at room temperature feel cooler than a piece of wood room temperature?
If the room temperature is cooler then you are. it is because metal is a good conductor of heat. When you put your hand on the metal it immediately starts to draw heat away from your hand this gives you the impression that it is cooling you, which it is. If you do the same with a piece of wood it is not able to draw the heat away from you be cause it is a reasonable insulator.
Is your body warmer or cooler than a metal spoon?
If they have been heated then yes
Is metal naturally cooler than plastic?
As long as they wear shades and smoke.
What mattress will keep you cooler latex or memory foam?
Memory foam is dramatically cooler than latex. I am always never too hot in my bed, but I got mine from www.bedinabox.com (phone no 1-800-588-5720). I was amazed by the price they gave me, a nice and humble company.
