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Q.Why do different objects kept on a table at room temperature not exchange heat with the table?

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Because they are all already at the same (room) temperature — they are in thermal equilibrium, and bodies at the same temperature exchange no net heat.

Heat flows only when there is a temperature difference. Objects left on a table long enough all reach the temperature of the room and the table — they are in thermal equilibrium with one another. With no temperature difference there is no net flow of heat between them, even though each is still …

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