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| | foil insulation, conduction heat transfer - Innovative Insulation (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | For instance, if one end of an iron rod is heated, the heat travels by conduction through the metal to the other end; it also travels to the surface and is conducted to the surrounding air, which is another, but less dense, body. |
 | | Heat is always conducted from warm to cold, never from cold to warm, and always moves via the shortest and easiest route. |
 | | Heat control with aluminum foil is made possible by taking advantage of its low thermal emissivity and the low thermal conductivity of air. |
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