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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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.
The energy/heat transfer from your warmer foot to the tile is higher than the transfer to wood.
The energy/heat transfer from your warmer foot to the tile is higher than the transfer to wood.
The energy/heat transfer from your warmer foot to the tile is higher than the transfer to wood.
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.
Materials transfer heat energy at different rates. Some are fast to move that energy… some are slower.
Materials transfer heat energy at different rates. Some are fast to move that energy… some are slower.
Materials transfer heat energy at different rates. Some are fast to move that energy… some are slower.
Thermal conductivity.
The rate of which something transfers heat.
Wooden floors have a lower thermal conductivity than ceramic tiles.
It feels warmer to walk on a wooden floor because the wood is taking the heat from your feet at a slower rate than ceramic would.
Thermal conductivity.
The rate of which something transfers heat.
Wooden floors have a lower thermal conductivity than ceramic tiles.
It feels warmer to walk on a wooden floor because the wood is taking the heat from your feet at a slower rate than ceramic would.
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