When does the flow of heat from a hot object to a cold object stop?

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Heat flows from a body at higher temperature to body at lower temperature, until both of the object attains thermal equilibrium. Thermal equilibrium is the state at which 2 objects are at same temperature and contains equal amount of heat energy. Hence, no flow of heat takes place between them.
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