Why is Granite Cool to the Touch?

I was looking in Borders to see if they had a “Granite Countertops for Dummies”.

I was genuinely curious, but instead found this book and was immediately captivated by the title.

It’s about home improvement for the ranch lifestyle, but I prefer to imagine it’s pictures of some kind of zombie-infested farm.

Anyway…granite is often noted for being cool to the touch.

As the title of this post may have clued you in on, I’m going to try and delve deeper into that secret characteristic that has haunted and/or intrigued owners of granite countertops throughout the Chicago area – possibly all the way to the Indiana border.

Alas, I need not do any personal experimenting, since Wikianswers has done the work already.

Because granite has a higher heat capacity, it will sink more heat from the hand of an individual than the wood would.

The granite has more places for the heat to go to, more of those “heat storage units” than the wood.

This means that the granite will “suck heat” out of an individual’s hand “better” than wood could. And this makes the granite feel cooler than the wood, even though they are at the same temperature.

Basically, the answer is “science”.

There’s nothing dangerous about your granite countertops – they just feel cooler because of science.

That’s an answer anyone will accept. Well, at least I did, and I consider myself an everyman, even though I’m a woman.

Here, request a free quote, and leave your air conditioning on before we come visit.