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Why is wool called a bad conductor of heat?
- Wool is a poor conductor of heat because it traps a large amount of air between its fibres.
- The wool itself is not the insulator but the air is.
- When our hands or feet are very cold, it is better to wear two thinner pairs of gloves/socks than one thick pair because the layer of air trapped between the two gloves/socks on each hand/foot acts as an extra insulator keeping the heat generated by the body inside the gloves/socks instead of letting it out.
- Sheep also has wool on its skin to keep warm on the exposed hillsides where it lives.
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