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so I'm told that temperature difference is ultimately what results in heat transfer. But when considering what happens inside a uniform material, if temperature difference was solely responsible for heat transfer, then different heat transfer rates wouldn't exist among different materials at the same temperature difference. For example, Styrofoam is not a good conductor of heat, and metals are a good conductor of heat. What properties of a material give rise to heat conductivity?