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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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.
Keep in mind:
The denser the wood is, the colder it feels as your body transfers heat to it faster. Same reason is why saunas have light, less dense wood as they will not burn your butt. Less dense material has more air in it, which is an insulator.
Am no physicist, but I gave my try to explain.
Keep in mind:
The denser the wood is, the colder it feels as your body transfers heat to it faster. Same reason is why saunas have light, less dense wood as they will not burn your butt. Less dense material has more air in it, which is an insulator.
Am no physicist, but I gave my try to explain.
Keep in mind:
The denser the wood is, the colder it feels as your body transfers heat to it faster. Same reason is why saunas have light, less dense wood as they will not burn your butt. Less dense material has more air in it, which is an insulator.
Am no physicist, but I gave my try to explain.
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