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What is the advantage of designing a thermos so that it has a vacuum layer surrounding the area where hot liquids are stored?
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What is the advantage of designing a thermos so that it has a vacuum layer surrounding the area where hot liquids are stored?

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insulator

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The vacuum layer will prevent heat losses due to conduction and convection completely as it will provide no medium for these phenomena.
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