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Question
What are the applications of conduction in our daily life?
Solution
- We cook food in vessels made up of metals. When the vessel is heated, heat is transferred from the metal to the food.
- When we iron dresses heat is transferred from the iron to the cloth.
- Handles of cooking utensils are made up of plastic or wood because they are poor conductors of heat.
- The temperature inside the igloo (snow house) is warm because snow is a poor conductor of heat.
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