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Air, with a Prandtl number of 0.7, flows over a flat plate at a high Reynolds number. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A
Thermal boundary layer is thicker than the velocity boundary layer.
B
Thermal boundary layer is thinner than the velocity boundary layer.
C
Thermal boundary layer is as thick as the velocity boundary layer.
D
There is no relationship between the thicknesses of thermal and velocity boundary layers.

Correct : a

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