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Infer why the sauce on a hot pizza burns your

mouth but the crust of the pizza does not burn
your mouth.

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The cheese having a higher thermal conductivity conducts heat better so it can deliver the heat to your mouth more quickly while the pizza crust transmits heat more slowly. So, even if they were the same temperature, the cheese would more likely give your tongue/mouth a severe burn.

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