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Air is the best heat insulator, provided you can prevent it from transferring heat by convection. This is normally made into use in double-glazed windows.
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Which materials are best at keeping you warm?
Ones that are good insulators of heat or can trap pockets of air to insulate as air is a terrible conductor of heat. E.g. Polystyrene
Insulation materials reduce heat loss because they?
They are poor conductors
How does humidity or wetness affect a materials ability to insulate?
it affects the ability to insulate
Why do we insulate our lofts?
We insulate lofts because heat rises, so if you dont insulate the loft all the heat will escape. So if you put the heating on, and your loft is insulated, the heat will rise but stay in and not escape.
What insulates a house?
You insulate your home so that you don't waste energy with heating or cooling. The insulation helps slow down the transfer of energy between the inside of your home and the outside of your home. So, in the summer, the insulation helps keep the outside heat from making it into your house. In the winter, the insulation helps keep the heat inside from your home from making it out of your home.
If air is considered as a poor conductor of heat why is it then you have to use insulator in handling hot materials?
When you pick up a hot item there is no air to insulate your hand.
How do earthworms react to the heat?
Earthworms can survive in temperatures up to 100 degrees if they are in the ground and out of direct sunlight, but direct sunlight can terminate them. The materials they are in insulate them.
Do metals insulate heat?
No. Metals are good conductors of heat.
Do table mats insulate or conduct heat?
They would normally insulate the table from the heat of the plate, otherwise there isn't much point having them!
What is post insulator and explanation on it?
insulate heat
Can wood insulate heat?
yes, if you believe
What are the best 5 heat insulation materials for building?
your mum is the best
