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of andAmerican Society
Heating
Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1936 t
Heat Transmission Coefficients and Tables
Table 2. ^Conductivities (k) and Conductances (C) of Building
Materials and' Insulators--Continued
The coefficients are expressed in Btu per hour Per square foot per degree Fahrenheit Per 1 in. thickness unless otherwise indicated.
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conductivities (k) and Conductances (C) of Building
Materials and Insulators--Continued
f coefficients are expr
in Blu per hour.par squarefoot per degree Fahrenheit per 1 in. thickness, unless otherwise indicated.
CONDUCTIVITT (4).
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Conductance (C)
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Material
Description:
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INSULATION-BLANKET OR FLEXIBLE TYPES
Chemically treated wood fibers held between
layers of strong paper/
Eel grass between strong paper/...................... " * " " "
Fabric with non-metallic reflective surface
(J in. thick) _____
_______
Flax fibers between strong paper/________ Chemically treated hog hair between kraft
paper/ .............................. ...................
Chemically treated hog hair between kraft
paper and asbestos paper/
.........
Hair felt between lavers of paper/
Kapok between burlap or paper/_______ --. Jute fiher/.
3.62 4.60 3.40
4.90
5.76
7.70 il.00
1.00 6.70
70 ` 90 90
70 90
71
71 75 90 75
insulation--semiRIGID TYPE Fnm
Flax/
Flax and rve/....... Felted hair and asbestos/.. 75% hair and 25% jute/ 50% hair and 50% jute/ Jute/ Felted jute and nafawtoa/ Comnrosed neat irnvn
11.00
12.10 13.60
7.80 6.30 6.10 6.70 10.00 . 11.00
90
70 90 90
90 90 75 90 70
INSULATION--LOOSE fill or bat type Fmrib
Glass Wofii, Granular________
Made from ceiba fibers/___
. .. .........
Fibrous material made from dolomite and
silica .................
Fibrous material made from slag
Fibrous material 25 to 30 microns in dfa-
meter, made from virgin bottle glam
Made from combined silicate of lime and alumina
Made from expanded ahiminum-magnMiiiim
silicate__ ________
_ -... _____
*U A* Flaked, dry and flnffv/
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1.90 1.60
1.50 9.40
1.50
4.20
6.20 30.00 24.00 18.00 12.00 34.00 26.00 24.00 19.80 18.00
75 75
75 103
75
72
42
90 90 90 90 90 75 90 75
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Rock wool with a binding agent Rock wool with flax, straw pulp, and binder gRock wool with vegetable fibers
21.00 18.00 14.00 10.00 14.50 14.50 11.50
90 90 90 77 75 72
INSULATION--RIGID , rVtBRTJfli Th
From maple, beech and birch (coarse) Redwood bark. ..........
13.20 3.00
90 90
For notes see Page 107.
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0.27*
0.25 0.26 0.25
0.33t0.28
0.26
0.28 0.25 0.24 0.25
3.70
4.00 3.85 4.00
3.03 3.57
3.85
3.57 4.00 4.17 4.00
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0.26 0.30 0.32 0.28 0.27 0.26 0.25 0.37 0.26
3.84 (1) 3.33 (3) 3.12 (1)
3.57 # 0) 3.70 (1)
3.85 (1) 4.00 (3) 2.70 0) 3.84 M
0.23 0.24
4.35 4.17
(3) (3)
0.27 0.27
3.70 3.70
(3) (0
0.27
3.70 (3)
0.24 , 4.17 (3)
0.32 1.00 0.77 0.59 0.44 0.60 0.52 0.48* 0.35 0.34 0.27* 0.31 0.30 0.29 0.28 0.27* 0.33 0.38 0.31
0.36 0.31
3.12 1.00
(3) (1)
1.30 (I) 1.69 , (1)
2.27 . (11
1.67- ( 1.92 (1)
.2.08 (3)
2.86 2.94
0) (3)
3.70 3.22
(3)
3.33
j.3-,45 3.57
3.70 3.03
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2.63 3.22
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2.44
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2.78 3.22
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3.33
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Material
insulation--rigid -Continued CqrxbOard
Fibsb--
Description
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No added binder...
14.00 90 10.60 90
0.34 0.30
7.00 90
0.27
5.40 90
0.25
Asphaltic binder--
TypicalCore of fiber board coated two sides with non-
metallic reflective surface {3A in. thick)-----
14.50 23.4
90 --
70
0.32 0.33*
0.27t
Fiber board coated one side with nonmetallic reflective surface ($6 in. thick)--
Made from chemically treated wood fiber.---
20.00
75 70
0.49f 0.36
Made from chemically treated wood and
vegetable fibers
25.00
75
0.38
Chemically treated hog hair covered with
film of asphalt Made from corn stalks---------
exploded wood fiber-. hard wood fibers--------_--........
10.00 15.00 17.90 15.20
75 71 78 70
0.28 0.33 0.32 0.32
Insulating plaster 9/10-in. thick applied to J6-in. plaster board base--------------------------
Made from licorice roots. Made from 85% magnesia and 15% asbestos Made from shredded wood and cement--------
sugar cane fiber--
54.00 16.10 19.30 24.20 13.50
75 81 86 72 70
1.07f 0.34
0.51 0.46 0.33
Sugar cane fiber insulation blocks encased in
asphalt membrane---------------------- -----------Made from wheat straw------------_-- -
" " wood fiber---------- ----- ----- -----
13.80 17.00 15.90 15.00
70 68 72 70
0.30 0.33 0.33 0.33
52 0.33
8.50 72 , 0.29
15.20
0.33
16.90 90
0.34
2.94 3.33 3.70 4.00 3*12 3.03
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(1)
3.70 (3)
2.04 2.78
0) (3)
2.63 1 (3)
3.57 3.03 3.12 3.12
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(3)
4 (3).
0.93
(3)
2.94 (3)
1.96 (1)
2.17 (3)
3.03 . (3)
3.33 3.03 3.03
3.03 3.03 3.45 3.03 2.94
(3)
(3) (3) (3)
0) (3) (3)
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building boards ASBESTOS-------------------
Gtpsok-
Plaoteb Boasd___
Compressed cement and asbestos sheets-
Corrugated asbestos board-------------------
Pressed asbestos mill board------------------
QSlhiCeCekt aWsHbineWstHofsfl.i ,
......................... --
Gypsum between layers of heavy pap
Rigid, gypsum between layers of
paper 0^y4jg--inui. tuhuicuk*)/------------------------------------------ Gypsum mixed with sawdust between layers
of heavy paper (0.39-in. thick)------------------
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123.00 20.40 60.50 48.30 62.80
53.50
60.70
--
86 110 86 110
70
90
9_0
--
2.70 0.48 0.84 0.29 1.41
2.60f
3.60| 3.73f* 2.82f*
0.37 2.08 1.19 3.45 0.71
0.38
0.28 0.27 0.35
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(1)
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ROOFING CONSTRUCTION Rooting___ ______________
Shingles-
Asphalt, composition or prepared.. Built up--4-in. thick--------------------------------Built up, bitumen and felt, gravel or slag
surfaced^Plaster board, gypsum fiber concrete and
3-ply roof covering--- Asbestos. Asphalt-- SlateWood.
70.00 --
_--
52.40 65.00 70.00 201.00 --
75 --
_
76 75 75
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6.50f* 3.53f*
1.33f
0.58f 6.00f* 6.50t* 10.37* 1.28f*
0.15 0.28
0.75
1.72 0.17 0.15 0.10. 0.78
(3) --
(2)
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PLASTERING MATERIALS PiagrgB------------------------------ Cement______ --.
Gypssuum, typicaL.
Truck).ness 5^ in._ Metal Lath and Plaster-- Total thickness ^ in Wood Lath and Plaster.___ H-ul plaster, total thickness % i
For notes see Page 107.
109
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8.00
0.13 (2)
3.30*
0.30
__
73 8.80t 0.11 (4)
4.40f* 0.23
__
70 2.50t* 4 0.40 (4)
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