Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?
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You don’t feel temperatures you feel heat transfer. Ceramic tile is really good at pulling heat out of you, wood is not. Therefore the tile feels colder than the wood.
The observation that they’re in the same room and assumption that they should be the same temperature is really good for you. What you’re experiencing isn’t temperature, it is the rate of heat transfer. Wood is more insulating than tile, so the wood wont sap as much heat from you.
You don’t feel temperatures you feel heat transfer. Ceramic tile is really good at pulling heat out of you, wood is not. Therefore the tile feels colder than the wood.
The observation that they’re in the same room and assumption that they should be the same temperature is really good for you. What you’re experiencing isn’t temperature, it is the rate of heat transfer. Wood is more insulating than tile, so the wood wont sap as much heat from you.
You don’t feel temperatures you feel heat transfer. Ceramic tile is really good at pulling heat out of you, wood is not. Therefore the tile feels colder than the wood.
The observation that they’re in the same room and assumption that they should be the same temperature is really good for you. What you’re experiencing isn’t temperature, it is the rate of heat transfer. Wood is more insulating than tile, so the wood wont sap as much heat from you.
Your body feels change in temperature, not actual temperature. Tiles move heat faster than wood, so your body feels a faster change in temperature.
Your body feels change in temperature, not actual temperature. Tiles move heat faster than wood, so your body feels a faster change in temperature.
Your body feels change in temperature, not actual temperature. Tiles move heat faster than wood, so your body feels a faster change in temperature.
Your body feels heat transfer, not temperature. The wood has less thermal conductivity than the denser tile. Same reason metal feels cold in an otherwise comfortable temperature room, despite the fact the metal is the same temperature as the ambient air.
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