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    Metals are good conductors of heat as their free electrons can easily gain and transfer kinetic energy from hot to cold atoms. Materials like wood, glass, paper and rubber are poor conductors as their electrons are tightly bound, resisting the flow of heat. Cooking utensils are often made of metals like aluminum and stainless steel for direct heat transfer, while wool traps air to insulate the body from losing heat through conduction. Air and insulating glass are used to prevent heat leakage in cold climates.

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    Metals are good conductors of heat as their free electrons can easily gain and transfer kinetic energy from hot to cold atoms. Materials like wood, glass, paper and rubber are poor conductors as their electrons are tightly bound, resisting the flow of heat. Cooking utensils are often made of metals like aluminum and stainless steel for direct heat transfer, while wool traps air to insulate the body from losing heat through conduction. Air and insulating glass are used to prevent heat leakage in cold climates.

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    Metals are good conductors of heat as their free electrons can easily gain and transfer kinetic energy from hot to cold atoms. Materials like wood, glass, paper and rubber are poor conductors as their electrons are tightly bound, resisting the flow of heat. Cooking utensils are often made of metals like aluminum and stainless steel for direct heat transfer, while wool traps air to insulate the body from losing heat through conduction. Air and insulating glass are used to prevent heat leakage in cold climates.

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    Heat Good & Poor Conductors


    Heat conductors (good conductor of heat) allows the heat to flow through them easily, whereas poor conductor of heat do not allow
    heat to flow through them easily and slows down heat gain/ loss more

    The pan handle is a poor conductor


    of heat and does not conduct heat
    very well.
    Water is heated in the pan by convection. The hot
    water rises while the cooler soup falls to take the Heat energy from the stove is transferred
    hotter water’s place. to the pan which is a heat conductor by
    conduction.
    Heat Conductors
    Metals are better conductors because they contain free electrons. They move
    through the metal easily and gain kinetic energy from collisions with hot atoms
    and pass on the energy when they collide with cold atoms, transferring the heat
    more quickly.
    Different metals differ in conducting the heat as they have different conductive
    properties which is determined by the coefficient of heat conduction (W/(m2K).

    Poor Conductors Of Heat


    Materials such as wood, glass, paper, rubber and air are classified as poor
    conductors because they offer very large resistance to the flow of heat
    current. The electrons in poor conductors are tightly bounded to the atom.

    The smaller the value of thermal conductivity, the higher the heat resistance; how
    effectively it resists heat flowing through it.

    As heat cannot pass through these poor conductors easily, it is not easily lost through
    conduction or convection.

    Some usages of Heat Good + Poor Conductors


    Metals Cooking utensils, kettles, saucepans and boilers are usually made of When a color (colored fabric) absorbs
    aluminum or stainless steel where direct heating (conduction) is involved. light, it turns the light into thermal
    energy (heat). The more light a color
    absorbs, the more thermal energy it
    Wool Woolen clothes are not actually warm. They trap air and do not allow heat produces. Black fabric absorbs all
    to conduct away or to escape out and thus keep our body warm. colors of light and is therefore warmer
    than white fabric which reflects all
    Air In cold countries, air is used in making the insulating glass windows. The colors.
    insulating glass window is made by two glass sheets and leaving a space
    between them to prevent the leakage of heat.
    Clay / Mud •Building materials do not permit heat and cold to pass through the walls of
    bricks. They keep the houses warm in winter and cool in summer.

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