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It feels hot for the same reason metal often feels cold. Metal, because it contains electrons that are very mobile, conducts heat very well.
If you where to touch warm Styrofoam which does not conduct heat very well, the point at which you touch it would soon cool and become the same temperature as you hand. As a result heat would stop flowing from the Styrofoam into your hand. The rest of the Styrofoam however would remain hot.
With metals, because they conducts heat very well, the heat from the rest of the metal quickly replaces the heat that flowed into your hand. This means the temperature of the metal at the point where your hand is touching does not drop too much. Because the temperature difference between your hand and the metal remains large, heat continues to flow into your hand at a high rate warming up your hand.
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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
What will happen energetically to a cup of boiling hot water that is added to a cup containing a cold piece of metal?
choices are: The cold will flow from the metal into the hot water, causing the hot water to warm up and the metal to cool down. b. The energy from the hot water will flow into the cold metal, cooling the water down and heating up the metal. c. The cold will flow from the metal into the hot water, causing the hot water to cool down and the metal to warm up. d. The metal will cool down because the specific heat of water is high.
Why does metal get hot but not wood?
cos metal is a conductor of heat
Why does your hand feel very hot?
Your hand get hot, when your blood is getting hot.
Why does a metal doorknob feel colder than the wooden door?
metal is a good conductor of heat so, it gets heated faster and similarly loses heat faster too,i.e. gets colder faster
Why is the metal in your cup of hot chocolate feel hot?
True
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 the metal gets hot after being hit with the hammer?
The metal get hot after being hit with the hammer because the hammer made a pressure on the metal by hitting many time. Let's say if you slap someone several times. He/she will feel hurt and hot.
Why doesn't a plastic spoon in your hot chocolate feel hot to your hand?
Because plastic isn't as good a conductor of heat as metal.
Why does a metal chair feel hot in the summer?
Solar energy. the electrons are constantly moving between the atoms, giving metal the "shimmer" also why metal is such a good heat conductor.
When was Hot Metal Bridge created?
Hot Metal Bridge was created in 1887.
When was Hot Metal created?
Hot Metal was created on 1986-02-16.
When did Hot Metal end?
Hot Metal ended on 1989-03-10.
Sometimes when I accelerate it feels like my brakes are grabbing I feel it in the gas pedal you can also hear a grinding noise?
replace the brakes.grinding is caused by worn out, metal to metal pads grabbing is caused by the metal being hot and sticking
What is denser hot metal or cold metal?
Cold metal.
How do you breed hot metal?
electric + fire =maybe(laser or hot metal dragon)
How do you know if you have a high fever?
you feel hot. you feel hot.
