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Why are quilts filled with fluffy cotton ?

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by kratos
 
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Quilts are filled with fluffy cotton. Air is trapped in the fine pores of cotton. Cotton and air are the insulators of heat. They check heat from our body to escape and thus keep us warm.

The newly made quilts are warmer than the old ones because in the old quilts, there is no air trapped in the cotton.

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