What is the fin effectiveness of a rectangular plate fin made of aluminum O.3 mm thick mounted on a 16-mm-OD tube if the vertical tube spacing is 50 mm and the horizontal spacing is 40 mm? The air-side heat-transfer coefficient is 65 W/m2 • K, and the conductivity of aluminum is 202 W/m • K.

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What is the fin effectiveness of a rectangular plate fin made of aluminum O.3 mm thick mounted on a 16-mm-OD tube if the vertical tube spacing is 50 mm and the horizontal spacing is 40 mm? The air-side heat-transfer coefficient is 65 W/m2 • K, and the conductivity of aluminum is 202 W/m • K. 

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