Question: thick. The inside wall is to be covered by a layer of wood in order to reduce the rate of heat flow through the wall

thick. The inside wall is to be covered by a layer of wood in order to reduce the rate of heat flow through the wall by 90 percent. The inner surface of the wooden wall is maintained at -10\deg C and the outer surface of the concrete wall is at 20\deg C. The thermal conductivities of concrete and wood are 0.80 W/m K (concrete) and 0.040 W/m K (wood). What should be the thickness of the layer of wood?

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