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HEATING VENTILATING AIR CONDITIONING GUIDE 1944
Table 2. Conductivities (k) and Conductances (C) of Building and Insulating Materials
These constants are expressed in Bln per hour per square foot per degree Fahrenheit temperature difference. Conductivities (k) are per inch thickness and conductances (C) arefor thickness or construction stated,' not per inch thickness.
Material
Description
(Lb per
Mean TEMP
(Deo Fabb)
Conductivity OB
Conductance
(H (O
Resistance
ay-a)
E O
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BUILDING BOARDS
Compressed cement and asbestos sheetsTM Gypsum board--gypsum between layers
123 20.4 . 605
625
in flvjwiim hnnid M in* gypsum board............................ ..... 535
86 110
70 "" 90
2.70 0.48 054
1.41
--
3.73 2.60
oooo
057 2.08 1.19.
(1) (2) (3)
(3)
(1)
FRAME CONSTRUCTION I in. fir sheathing and building paper
-- 30 -- 056
COMBINATIONS_________ 1 in. fir sheathing, building pap#r and
ypllnw pine lopewlinp
20 050
1 in. fir sheathing, building paper and
1.16 250
Pine Ian siding and building naner. fridincr
20
052 ' 152
4 in. wide........._____________________ -- 16 -- 055
1.18
158 0.78
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4) (4)
MASONRY MATERIAIB
One ta yellow common clay brick, one tier face brick, approx. 8 in. thickl4_**_*6___ --
--
6.0* 45
--
**** 0.77
150
sfc o
(2) (4)
(4)
Cut Tile, Hollow..............
2 in. Tfle, M tn. plaster both sides_______ 4 in. Tile, H in. plaster both sides___________
8 in. Tile, average of 8 types (Walls No. 59.63,64.66,67,90,91,92*)............... .
12 in. Clay tile wall: 8 in. x 5 in. x 12 in. and 4 in. x 5 in. x 12 in.*__________________ _
120.0 127.0 1245
--------
--
110 100 105
-
--
-- --
150 0.60 . 0.47
052
056
150. 1.67 2.13
1.92
354
(2) (2) (2)
(4)
(4)
Sand and gravel aggregate, various ages
nnH TT1TYPA
_____
_ 1155 to
1656
142 75 12.6
132 . 75 105
Cinder aggregate...____________________ 97 ' ^75- --.4.9
Steam treated limestone dag aggregate*.... 74.6 75 257 Pumice (Mined in California) aggra^at/* 65.0 75 2.42
Exnanded burned rlav unimtea
59.9 75 258
67.1 256
Blast furnace slag aggregate.........
765 70 1.6
Expanded vermicohte aggregate____________ 20
90 ' 0.68
Expanded vermiculite aggregate, ............ ' 26.7 90 0.76
_
-
"
0.09 to
0.06
0.08
0.09 052
0.44 0.41
0.44
055. 0.63
1.47
152
(5)
(4) (4) (4) 4) (4)
(4) (4) (3) (3) ' (3)
Authorities:
lU. S. Bureau of Standards, tests based on samples submitted by manufacturers.
*A.C. Willard,- L. C. Lichty and L. A. Harding, tests conducted at the University of Illinois.
*J* C. Peebles, tests conducted at Armour Institute of Technology, based on samples submitted by
manufacturers,
.
4F. B. Rowley, et al. tests conducted at the University of Minnesota, A.S.H.V.E. Research Laboratory.
E. A. Allcut, tests' conducted at the University of Toronto.
m See Thermal Conductivity of Building Materials, by F. B. Rowley and A. B. Algren (University of Minnesota Engineering Experimental Station Bulletin No. 12).
6Heat Transmission Through Insulation as Affected by Orientation of Walls, by F. B. Rowley and C E.
Lund (A.S.H.V.E. Journal Section of Heating. Piping 6* Air Conditioning. July. 1943).
The Effect of Convection in Ceiling Insulation, by G. B. Wilkes and L. R. Vianey (A.S.H.V.E. Journal Section of Heating. Piping 6* Air Conditioning. February, 1943).
*See A.S.H.V.E. Research Report No. 915--Conductivity of Concrete, by F. C. Houghten and Carl Gutberlet (A.S.H.V.E. Transactions, Vol. 38, 1932, p. 47).
Recommended value. (See Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning, by Harding and Willard, revised edition, 1932).
/See BMS13, U. S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards. Washington, D. C.
*Roofing, 0.15 in. thick (1.34 lb per square foot), covered with gravel (0.83 lb persquare foot), combined
thickness assumed 0.25.
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CHAPTER 4. HEAT TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS Table 2. Conductivities (k) and Conductances (C) of Building and
Insulating Materials--Continued
These constants are expressed in Btu per hour per square foot per degree Fahrenheit temperature difference. Conductivities (k) are per inch thickness and conductances (Q are for thickness or construction stated, not Per inch thickness.
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