A wall consists of 3 cm of exterior wood and 2 cm of interior wood separated...

A wall consists of 3 cm of exterior wood and 2 cm of interior wood separated by a 15 cm layer of polystyrene foam. If the interior is kept at 19 °C, calculate the outside temperature for which the heat loss through the wall is 10 W/m2.

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NOTE - The thermal conductivity for wood and polystyrene is not given, so average values for the same have been taken from internet. The following solution is based on these values. However, if the question has a different set of values for these then you simply need to plug them in the following solution (in place of k_w for wood and k_p for polystyrene) to get the answer.

genius_generous answered 1 year ago

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