Figure 3 shows a piece of wood fitted into a copper pipe and a piece of paper wrapped tightly around the junction.
It is observed that when a flame is applied around a paper at the junction, the
side of the paper around the wood burns first. Explain this observation.
Answer:
- The heat on the copper side is conducted away while that on the wooden side is not since wood is an insulator and thus does not conduct heat. This makes paper burn first on the side of the wood.