Suppose you have a cup of hot coffee and a bowl of ice cream. If you leave them both on a table for some time, the coffee will cool down, and the ice cream will melt, until they reach the same temperature. This happens because the coffee and the ice cream are in contact with the surrounding air, which is at room temperature. Therefore, they transfer heat to the air until they reach thermal equilibrium with it. Once they reach thermal equilibrium, they will be at the same temperature as the air, and they will no longer transfer heat to or from it.
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Suppose you have a cup of hot coffee and a bowl of ice cream. If you leave them both on a table for some time, the coffee will cool down, and the ice cream will melt, until they reach the same temperature. This happens because the coffee and the ice cream are in contact with the surrounding air, which is at room temperature. Therefore, they transfer heat to the air until they reach thermal equilibrium with it. Once they reach thermal equilibrium, they will be at the same temperature as the air, and they will no longer transfer heat to or from it.
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