Figure 3 shows a piece of wood fitted into copper pipe and a piece of a paper wrapped tightly around the junction.

      

Figure 3 shows a piece of wood fitted into copper pipe and a piece of a paper wrapped tightly around the junction.
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It is observed that when a flame is applied around the paper at the junction, the side of the paper around the wood burns first. Explain this observation.

  

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John
The heat on the copper side is conducted away while that on the wooden side is not since wood is an insulator and thus does not conduct heat. This makes the paper burn first on the side of the wood
johnmulu answered the question on April 17, 2017 at 08:49


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