Timeline for Why is rock or metal often cold to the touch but wood or plastic is not?
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| Jul 11, 2023 at 14:49 | answer | added | AlphaLife | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 27, 2023 at 20:00 | comment | added | wondering | "Most sources point to thermal conductivity..." Which turns out to be correct, as stated in both answers. (Well, thermal capacity scales with the volume of the object and the feeling hence depends on it, too, but let us say the answer assumed same volume of test objects.) | |
| Jun 23, 2023 at 21:36 | history | removed from network questions | Qmechanic♦ | ||
| Jun 23, 2023 at 21:35 | comment | added | njzk2 | "both have the coldness effect" that calls for more experimentation, and a better classification of the materials used | |
| Jun 23, 2023 at 21:27 | comment | added | CPlus | @njzk2 The fact that rock and metal both have the coldness effect, but have wildly different thermal conductivity. I was wondering if there is something other than thermal conductivity. | |
| Jun 23, 2023 at 21:26 | comment | added | njzk2 | The upvoted answer is basically, "temperature to the touch depends on thermal conductivity of the object". That's what a google search returns, because that's the explanation. I'm not sure what part of it leaves you unsatisfied? | |
| Jun 23, 2023 at 9:58 | comment | added | Chris H | I had this as a homework question nearly 30 years ago. I can still remember how lazily I explained it then. | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 17:57 | comment | added | msh210 | Cf. Why does pizza cheese seem hotter than the crust? | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 16:23 | vote | accept | CPlus | ||
| Jun 22, 2023 at 15:36 | history | edited | hft | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
There is a difference between "is" and "are"
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| Jun 22, 2023 at 13:16 | answer | added | Bob D | timeline score: 25 | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 9:40 | comment | added | Qwerky | The same principle allows one to hold red hot materials, so long as they have sufficiently low conductivity youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9Yax8UNoM | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 9:24 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 22, 2023 at 3:30 | comment | added | mmesser314 | Related - Why is a sleeping bag so cold when you first get in? | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 3:22 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jun 22, 2023 at 1:41 | answer | added | Nic Christopher | timeline score: 31 | |
| S Jun 22, 2023 at 1:38 | history | edited | CPlus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Jun 22, 2023 at 1:38 | history | suggested | Golden_Hawk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2023 at 1:17 | history | asked | CPlus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |