You may ask yourself why metals feel colder when you touch them but wood feels warmer even though they have the same temperature. This is because the rate at which the material transmits heat to or away from your skin is mostly responsible. Because they quickly absorb heat from your skin, which is likely to be warmer, metals feel cold even when at normal temperature because they are excellent heat conductors.
If one object is a greater heat conductor than the other, two objects that are at the same temperature may feel different from one another. Since the greater conductor will drain your hand's heat energy more quickly, it will feel cooler.
Wow thank you! I never got the concept of conductors and insulators. Thank you so much for your direct and organized explanations!!
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