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Many tongues have been injured by licking a piece of metal

Chapter 8, Problem 10E

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Many tongues have been injured by licking a piece of metal on a very cold day. Why would no harm result if a clean piece of wood were licked on the same day?

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Many tongues have been injured by licking a piece of metal on a very cold day. Why would no harm result if a clean piece of wood were licked on the same day?

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Solution 10E A metal is a good conductor of heat. For this reason, it can absorb and leave heat very fast. On a very cold day, the metal piece remains very cold too as it loses its heat fast to the atmosphere. So

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