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Discuss lagging and give an example of its application

Discuss lagging and give an example of its application.

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Wilfred
Lagging refers to the covering of a good conductor of heat with an insulating material to reduce heat loss through surface effects

Plots of temperature variation from the hot end to the cold end with lagging and without lagging on same axes will be as follows;
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Applications of Lagging
- Iron pipes carrying steam from boilers or steam wells are covered with thick asbestos material which is an insulator to reduce heat loss from steam.
Wilfykil answered the question on April 15, 2019 at 07:17

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