Why are cooking-pot handles often made of wood or plastic?
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Wood and many plastics conduct heat poorly.
They reduce heat transfer to the user's hand.
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Wood and many plastics conduct heat poorly.
They reduce heat transfer to the user's hand.
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Metals transfer heat efficiently from the flame to food.
This makes cooking faster and more even.
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Both spoons may have the same temperature.
Metal removes heat from the skin more quickly, creating a colder sensation.
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Heating usually increases particle motion and separation.
This commonly causes thermal expansion.
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Metal structures expand in hot weather.
Gaps prevent buckling and structural damage.
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Melting occurs when a solid gains enough energy to become liquid.
It happens at the melting point under fixed pressure.
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Freezing removes energy from a liquid until it forms a solid.
For pure water at standard pressure, this occurs at 0°C.
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Evaporation occurs at the surface of a liquid.
Higher temperature and moving air usually increase its rate.
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Condensation occurs when gas particles lose energy.
Water vapor condenses into droplets on a cool surface.
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The highest-energy water molecules escape during evaporation.
This lowers the average energy and temperature of the skin.
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Wind carries away water vapor near the fabric.
This maintains a concentration difference and speeds evaporation.
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Convection occurs when warmer fluid moves and cooler fluid replaces it.
It happens in liquids and gases.