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which stores most heat and holds it the longestfor example if you heat any of the below which will release the heat that it holds the slowestmore explicitly stated Which takes the longest to return to room temperature and please explain whycotton paper aluminumwater is one of the highest specific heat of water is 4.186 kJ/kgC or 4186 J/kgC metals are not nearly as high, for example specific heat of Aluminum is 900 J/kgC and paper and cotton are even lower specific heat is a measure of how much energy (heat) it takes to raise the material in temperatureThermal conductivity is how it moves heat from one end to the other.Other related question