The Sieder-Tate correlation for heat transfer in turbulent flow in pipe gives Nu α Re0.8 , where, Nu is the Nusselt number and Re is the Reynolds number for the flow. Assuming that this relation is valid, the heat transfer co-efficient varies with the pipe diameter (D) as

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