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Why felt is used for thermal insulation in preference to air?

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Though air is a bad conductor of heat, it transfers more heat by convection.
In felt, actual movement of air is stopped by trapping air inbetween its fine fibers .Therefore, convection is cheacked. Due to it, the felt becomes a better thermal insulator than air.
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