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To Explain:
Goose down sleeping bags and parkas are often specified as so many inches or centimetres of loft, the actual thickness of the garment when it is fluffed up.
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Introduction:
An insulating material's resistance to conductive heat flow is measured or rated in terms of its thermal resistance or R-value - the higher the R-value, the greater the insulating effectiveness.
The loft value is similar to R value of insulator. The thickness of conductor is proportional to loft value. When garment is fluffed up, the is bounded inside the garment’s structure. As we know, the thermal conductivity of air is low. Therefore, it makes the garment as good insulator.The thermal
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