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American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1934
Table 4. Conductivities (k) and Conductances (C) of Building Materials and Insulations
Tests Conducted at Armour Institute of Technology, by J. C. Peebles.P Insulation Tests Based on Samples Submitted by Manufacturers
Material
Description
Density
(Lb. peb Cu. Ft.)
Mean Temp. (Deo. Fahb.)
ConDuotivitT (i)
Conduc tance (C,
AerocreteAerocrete-- Aerocrete-- Aerocrete-- ArboriteAsbestos shingles___ Asphalt shingles____ Balsam Wool4__
Beaver Insulating Board__.. Calicel.
Cellular concrete_ Cellular concrete--. Cellular concrete-- Cellular concrete______________ ______ Rigid insulation made from wood pulp
Chemically treated wood fibre between plain paper__ _
Cane fibre commercial thickness H in. Granular fill insulation made from
40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 15.2 65.0 70.0
3.62 13.8
75 75 75 75
75 75
70 75
1.06 1.44 1.80 2.18 0.33 6.00* 6.50*
0.25 0.33
Celotex____
Cincrete Block. 8 imHoUow Concrete. Concrete_______________ Donnacona Board................ Dry Zero Blanket*_________
combined silicate of lime and alumina________
Rigid insulation made from sugarcane fibre......... ...................................___
Treated cinder aggregate concrete... StoneCinder........................ ............................... Rigid insulation made from wood fiber Pliable slab form of insulation made
4.2
_13.5
...._ 145.0 110.0
15.9
72
70 .. 75 75 72
0.24
0.33 0.33* 6.30 5.20 0.33
Dry Zero Blanket*_____
from ceiba fibres.. Pliable slab form of insulation made
1.9
75
0.23
Dry Zero Blanket*_____
from ceiba fibres-......... -........... ........ Pliable slab form of insulation made
1.6
75
0.24
Flax-li-num*_____ `_____ Glass Wool....................
from ceiba fibres. Flax fibre--. Fibrous material 25 to 30 microns in
1.5 12.1
75 70
0.24 0.30
Glass Wool................ Haydite--Concrete-
Homasote-
diameter made from virgin bottle glass............................................ Ditto. 2 to 3 microns in diameter.
Heat-treated clay aggregate standard blocks 8x8x16 in.
Made from wood and other vegetable
1.5 0.85
73.0
75 75
__
0.27-- 0.25
1.62
Inso Board....... ..... Insulating Plaster--
fibres chemically treated..... Rigid insulation made from wheat straw]
25.0 17.0
75 68
0.375 0.33
Insulating plaster. 9/10 in. thick, ap
Insulite.. Keystone Hair*____ Lith
plied to H in- plaster board base....... Rigid insulation made from wood pulp..
54.0 16.5
75 70
1.07* 0.34*
Hair felt between layers of paper;
yi in. thick.--.................................... . Rock wool, flax and straw pulp with
11.0
75
0.25
LinoboartL. Maftex.___
binder..............-.............. --................. Slab form of insulation made from
rock wool and vegetable fibres| Rigid insulation made from licorice
14.5 9.9 11.5
75 72 72
0.38 0.296 0.311
Maizewood_
Maple Flooring___ Masonite_________
roots................--.....................-......... . Rigid insulation made from cornstalks Across grain..... ............................. .......... Rigid insulation made from exploded
16.1 15.0 40.0 *
81 70.5 75
0.34 0.325 1.20
Plaster Board.. Pyrocell or Insulex______ Pyrocell or Insulex........... Red Top Insulating Wool-
Roofing__ Temlok.. Therm-A-Pad*..,, Thermatex____ Thermax.. Thermofil____ Thermofil___ Thermasote "A'*
Insulating Board.... Torfoleum___ ._______ Weatherwood_____ __
wood fibre-------------------------------- ....... Gypsum between layers of heavy paper Cellular gypsum--dry------- ---------------Cellular gypsum--dry. Fibrous material made from dolomite
and silica................................. ........... Composition or prepared------------------ Rigid insulation made from wood fiber Flexible insulation made from jute....... Rigid insulation made from wood fiber Made from shredded wood and cement Dry. fluffy, flaked gypsum. Dry. fluffy, flaked gypsum--------------Made from wood fibre, chemically
treated................................ ......... ............. Peat moss compressed into sheet form Rigid insulation made from hard wood
19.8 62.8 30.0 12.0
1.5
15.0 6.7 8.5
24.2 24.0 18.0
20.0 11.0
75 0.33
70 1.41
75 75
0.92' 0.40
0
75 0.27' 75 6.50*' 70 .0.33 75 0.25 72 0.294 72 0*.46 75 0.48 75 . 0.34
70 0.355 70 0.28
Wood Lath and Plaster* Yellow Pine___ _________
fibres. Lime plaster---___ Across grain--.......
15.2
,, .
70 . 75
0.32 2.0* 1.00
In addition to the conductivity values for the authorities listed^considerable work of importance pertaining to the bea i)
transmission of various types of construction and materials has been done by the late Prof. John R. Allen and tne late Pt A. J. Wood of the Engineering Experiment Station of Pennsylvania State College.
*For thickness stated or used in construction, not per 1 in. thickness.
*Not compressed.
*Thickness of lima plaster and wood lath from back of lath to face of plaster, about % in.
vSee Chapter LX. by Chas. H. Herter of the Report of the Insulation Committee,' AJS.R.E., Annual Meeting, 1922
Revised to 1924, entitled. Heat Transmission of Insulating Materials for a more comprehensive collection of heat transmission data relating to building and inflating materials.
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Chapter 5--Heat Transmission
Table 5,
Conductivities (k) and Conductances (C) of Building Materials and Insulations
Based on Tests Conducted at the University of Minnesota, By F. B. Rowley P
Material
Description
Density (Lb per Cu Ft)
Mean
Temp (Deg Fahr)
CONDUC-TIVITY (k)
OR ` Conduc tance (C)
Concrete----------------- ------------Dry Zero------ ------------- --
Stone 1-2-4 mix... Pliable slab form of insulation made
from ceiba fibres-------- .------------------
Fir sheathing and building
FirthMthirig7building paper
and pine lap siding---- Fir sheathing, building paper
and stucco.----------------------Gypsum Tile---------------------GIjyyppssuutmu T* ile--.. -------'-- Gypsum Fibre Concrete--
Solid__ Solid____ 87gypsum and 12H% wood chips
Lath and H !** P^ateT-----Masonite--.-------------- --
Total thickness H inRigid insulation made from exploded
wood fibre----- --------------------------
Pine lap siding and building
paper-------------------------------Plaster. Sheet Rock Pyrofill Roofing.
2>4 in- thick------.------------
Lap siding 4 in-, wide Thickness H in..______ ______________ Plaster board, gypsum fibre concrete
and 3-ply roof covering________ ___
143.0
51.8 75.6 51.2 17.9 52.4
68.8
30.0 20.0 20.0 69.9 75.9 74.4 70.0 77.6 15.5 73.0 76.0
9.46
0.23
0.71*
0.50*
0.82* 1.66 2.96 1.66 2.50*
0.32
0.85* 8.8*
0.58*
In addition to the conductivity values for the authorities iisted/considerable work of importance per taining to the heat transmission of various types of construction and materials has been done by the late Prof. John R. Allen and the late Prof. A. J. Wood of the Engineering Experiment Station of Pennsylvania
State College. *For thickness stated or used in construction, not per 1 in. thickness. eSee Chapter LX. by Chas. H. Herter of the Report of the Insulation Committee, A.S.R.E., Annual
Meeting, 1922. Revised to 1924, entitled Heat Transmission of Insulating Materials for a more compre hensive collection of heat transmission data relating to building and insulating materials.
The coefficients in these tables were determined by calculations similar to those shown in Example 1, using Equations 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the values of k (or C),fi,f0 and a indicated in Table 7. In computing heat trans mission coefficients of floors laid directly on the ground (Table 15), only one surface coefficient (/i) is used. For example, the value of U for a 1-in.
Table 6. Miscellaneous Conductivities (k) op Materials** Expressed in Btu per hour per square foot per degree Fahrenheit per inch thickness
Material
Description
Mean Temp. (Deg Fahr)
Conductivity (h)t
Authority
Alfol Concrete Concrete Concrete
Ten Test
Stone 1-2-5 mix Cinder 1-2-4 mix Various ages and mixes
Rigid insulation made from wood fiber
115 95* 122
201 52
0.24 to 0.27 6.27
2.35
11.35 to 16-36 10.37
0.33
G. B. Wilkes. Mass. Inst, of Technology
C. L. Norton.
Boston, Mass.
C. L. Norton, Boston. Mass.
A.S.H.V.E. Research -Laboratory
Lees and Chorlton E. A. AUcut. Uni-
versity of Toronto
In addition to the conductivity values for the authorities listed, considerable work of importance per taining to the heat transmission of various types of construction and.materials has been done by.tbe late Prof. John R. Allen and the late Prof. A. J. Wood of the Engineering Experiment Station of Pennsylvania
State College. *Hot side of plate. *See A.S.H.V.E. Research paper entitled Conductivity of Concrete, by F. C. Houghten and Carl Gut-
berlet (A.S.H.V.E. Transactions, Vo). 37. 1931). *See Chapter LX. by Chas. H. Herter of the Report of the Insulation Committee. A-S.R.E., Annual
Meeting, 1922, Revised to 1924, entitled, Heat Transmission of Insulating Materials for a more compre hensive collection of heat transmission data relating to building and insulating materials.