Question

Guys, why does steel, brass and aluminum heat up slower than copper?

Answer 1

@luvpuca

Answer 2

@darrius

Answer 3

The simple answer is that each material has a property known as specific heat capacity.

This property quantifies how much energy is required to change the temperature of a mass of material by 1 degree.

If oyu look up a table of these properties you will see that copper has a low value for specific heat capacity compared to the other materials.

Therefore it requires less energy to raise its temperature by a given amount.

IF you are looking for the reason WHY some materials have higher values than others then I cannot help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_capacity