At the particle level, what happens when you touch a piece of hot coal?

The particles in the coal absorb the heat from your hand.

The particles in the coal transfer heat to your hand.

The particles in your hand give off heat.

The particles of the hot coal absorb the cold from your hand.

Question

At the particle level, what happens when you touch a piece of hot coal?

 
   
The particles in the coal absorb the heat from your hand.
 
   
The particles in the coal transfer heat to your hand.
 
   
The particles in your hand give off heat.
 
   
The particles of the hot coal absorb the cold from your hand.

sweetburger · Answer

Do you know which way heat transfers?

sweetburger · Answer

Think of HTC which is  a way to remember heat transfer. Hot To Cold. So if this is the case what would be your answer?

anonymous · Answer

Dunno. It's why I asked

photon336 · Answer

there arent any transfer of particles

photon336 · Answer

but just a transfer of heat from two objects

taramgrant0543664 · Answer

How about let's say you have a pot of hot water and you want to put pasta in it, the water won't get cooler (may change very very little) because the pasta got put in, the pasta will get warmer because the water was warm

sweetburger · Answer

@mmazach is looking for a direct answer