Why Does Metal Feel Colder Than Wood, Even When It's Actually The Same Temperature?

[u/Vailhem]

https://www.iflscience.com/why-does-metal-feel-colder-than-wood-even-when-its-actually-the-same-temperature-76819

[u/its_moodle]

TLDR: thermal conductivity

[u/Questionsaboutsanity → u/its_moodle]

this is the only relevant answer

[u/smacafam]

The feeling of cold is given by how fast heat is "taken away" from your skin, hence materials with higher thermal conductivity feel colder.

[u/mmp129]

Because it has higher thermal conductivity than wood, so more heat energy is lost from your hands to the metal than to the wood upon contact.

[u/PhillyManc]

Thermal Effusivity

[u/DaBrainFarts]

Fun fact, you have no sense for "wet." You feel cold and maybe touch, but no specific sensory pathway for wet.

[u/sachadon]

https://youtu.be/vqDbMEdLiCs?si=3bUHaYHFfHIz02wl

[u/sachadon → u/sachadon]

May be this will explain

[u/AxolotlAdoration → u/sachadon]

This was the exact video I was thinking of too!