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Bassalisk
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Why are metals colder than other objects at room temperature? Or is my assumption wrong here. Whenever i touch a metal bar in my classroom i find it much more colder than my hand feels in the air.
I know that metals have heavy atoms, thus making oscillations of them very slow, frequency being low. This makes a quanta of energy very low, so it "disperses" all over metal. Am thinking right here? Is this why metals get heated very fast?
And let's say a book, it has light carbon atoms mainly. and it feels warm to the touch, much closer to the room temperature around them.
But here is my last question. Does temperature depend on frequency of the oscillations OR how much particles are actually oscillating? In carbon fewer particles are oscillating because quanta of energy is high(lighter atoms=higher frequency).
I hope i was clear
Thanks
I know that metals have heavy atoms, thus making oscillations of them very slow, frequency being low. This makes a quanta of energy very low, so it "disperses" all over metal. Am thinking right here? Is this why metals get heated very fast?
And let's say a book, it has light carbon atoms mainly. and it feels warm to the touch, much closer to the room temperature around them.
But here is my last question. Does temperature depend on frequency of the oscillations OR how much particles are actually oscillating? In carbon fewer particles are oscillating because quanta of energy is high(lighter atoms=higher frequency).
I hope i was clear
Thanks