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To save you time I have answered this question,when i was doing it for homework one
day it took me THREE hours to find it out so...

Glass is a poorer conductor of heat than most metals because it has fewer free electrons.Heat is conducted by particles when they collide or interact ,so with glass having few free electrons it takes MUCH longer (about fourteen minutes!!) to conduct heat than metals do.

Here are my science teachers EXACT words "Metals are better conductors than glass because they have a greater number of free electrons which, besides particles colliding or interacting ,are a second mechanism of transferring heat"

THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if you are set this question for homework in about year 8 ,then write that quote and you are GUARANTEED to get top marks!

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