Warm and Cozy

Classical Mechanics Level 1

Why do we feel warm when we wear a blanket?

The blanket takes cold away from our body to the surroundings The blanket traps air, which is warmed by our body heat The blanket produces its own heat

Pranshu Gaba by Pranshu Gaba , 22, India

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Annie Li
Mar 20, 2017

Our bodies are very warm so when a blanket is wrapped around us, the blanket will keep in our body heat in and the cold out.

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The fluffy fibers of the blanket capture pockets of air which is a poor conductor of heat. Heat released from out body gets trapped in these pockets of air and helps keep us warm. Any kind of layering of clothes helps trap air in between which greatly reduces conduction of heat.

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