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Anonymous Sat 17 Jul 18:34:57 2021 No.13402938 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13402959 >>13403850 >>13405524

A stone takes longer to heat and retains heat longer than a piece of metal, what causes this on atomic level?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Jul 2021 18:39:58 No.13402959 Report

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>>13402938
It's because Metal is a better heat conductor because its structure is more ordered compared to an average rock.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Jul 2021 18:44:59 No.13402970 Report

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>>13402959
By ordered I guess you mean more crystal-like, but so what? Heat in a solid material causes molecules to vibrate faster right?

El Arcón

El Arcón Sat 17 Jul 2021 19:30:02 No.13403098 Report

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Loosely bound valence electrons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Jul 2021 19:32:02 No.13403104 Report

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>>13402970
heat is more easily conducted through a tight and regular atomic structure with large crystals (metal), as opposed to a chaotic structure with jumble crystals (stone)

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Anonymous Sat 17 Jul 2021 23:06:52 No.13403850 Report

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>>13402938
This flood is nothing compared to what has happened in Germany decades ago.

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Anonymous Sun 18 Jul 2021 12:27:18 No.13405524 Report

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>>13402938
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_heat_capacity#Physical_basis_of_specific_heat_capacity

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