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The clearance between two tubes in a shell and tube heat exchanger is known as 'ligament', whose minimum value is __________ the outside diameter of the tube, but in no case it should be less than 4.5 mm.

equal to
half
one fourth
three fourth

Correct Answer: one fourth

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