A thermally isolated system is made up of a hot piece of aluminum and a cold piece of copper; the aluminum and the copper are in thermal contact. The specific heat capacity of aluminum is more than double that of copper. Which object experiences the greater magnitude gain or loss of heat during the time the system takes to reach thermal equilibrium?

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In a thermally isolated system, the heat lost by the hot object is equal to the heat gained by the cold object. Therefore, both the aluminum and the copper experience the same magnitude of heat transfer, regardless of their specific heat capacities.

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