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What happens when two substances of different temperatures come in contact with each other?

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The hotter one loses heat and the cooler one gains heat until they become equal in temperature.

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When two substances at different
temperatures come into contact, the
substance that is at higher temperature will transfer energy, in the form of heat, to the substance that is at lower temperature, until their temperatures get equal.
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