Eli5 why heat transfer isn’t instantaneous

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Like why does it take time for something for something to heat up something it’s in contact with, I know stuff like specific heat etc but isn’t energy and the movement of atoms really fast and stuff?

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Kinetic energy. An atom heats up until it jiggles. That’s when it’s warm, warm. enough to make the next atom start jiggling. And so on.

Atoms. In the middle of a frozen steak don’t start wiggling until the atoms next to or close to it start dancing.

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