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by tsimionescu 884 days ago
No. The outer layer of the hot thing will quickly heat up to the temperature of the hot medium, then it will cool down as is stays in contact with the middle layer, which will heat up itself. The same thing repeats in layers all over the object.
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Your idea is inconsistent with the heat equation and with basic materials science. What do you derive this model from?
No, why do you think the outer layer will cool down? There will be heat transfer between the outer layer and the layer within, but at no point in time will the temperature of the outer layer be cooler than it was at an earlier point in time, so it will never cool down.
Other than the outer surface of the object there are no layers.