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What materials give off cold?

Materials such as ice, certain types of metals like aluminum, and some chemical compounds like ammonium nitrate can absorb heat from their surroundings and feel cold to the touch. These materials are used in items like ice packs and cooling pads to provide cooling effects.


What is the property of metals that makes possible the cold deformation of metals?

Metals have the property of ductility, which allows them to undergo cold deformation processes such as bending, stretching, or forming without fracturing. This is due to the ability of metal atoms to slide past each other when subjected to stress, enabling the material to change shape without needing to be heated.


Is diamond cold or hot to touch?

Diamond feels neither cold nor hot to the touch because it has high thermal conductivity, meaning it quickly adjusts to the temperature of your skin. This property makes it feel like it is at the same temperature as your skin.


How can you tell if something is conducting thermal energy?

You can tell if something is conducting thermal energy by observing if it becomes warmer to the touch when in contact with a heat source. Materials that are good conductors of thermal energy will quickly transfer heat from the source to the surrounding area. Metals like aluminum and copper are good conductors of thermal energy, while materials like wood and rubber are poor conductors.


Is -100 Fahrenheit hot?

No, -100 Fahrenheit is extremely cold. It is well below freezing point and would feel very cold to the touch.

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How do alkali metals react to cold water?

alkali metals react violently in cold water


What metals are in the iPod Touch?

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What touch the staircase in the periodic table and have properties of both metals and non-metals?

Metalloids, such as boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium, touch the staircase in the periodic table. Metalloids exhibit properties of both metals and non-metals, making them semi-conductors.


Which factor most determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch?

Thermal conductivity most determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch it. The nerve endings in your skin determine what is hot and cold when you touch it.


What cold weather injury has hands that are cold and hard to the touch?

Frostbite


What most determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch it?

Heat flow determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch it.


Which factor most determined how hot or cold something feels when you touch it?

Thermal conductivity most determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch it. The nerve endings in your skin determine what is hot and cold when you touch it.


Skin is hard to the touch and cold?

After a dead persons' body has been embalmed, their body is usually firm and hard to the touch. It may also be cold, especially if the room that they are in is cold.


Which metals react slowly with cold water but vigorously with steam?

All metals, if they do react with water at all, react faster in steam than in water. However, the metals that react SLOWLY with cold water are the metals from Group-IIA(Magnesium, Calcium, etc).


How do you know that an object is hot or cold?

Touch it


How do you find out if something is cold by touching it?

Touch it.


What is the fever but not that hot when you touch the skin?

a cold