Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260440058
Author: CENGEL, Yunus
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 3, Problem 238P
A plane brick wall
(a) 0.143 m2 .K/W
(b) 0.250 m2 .K/W
(c) 0.327 m2 .K/W
(d) 0.448 m2 .K/W
(e) 0.524 m2 .K/W
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Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications
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