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American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1937
Table 2.
(C)Conductivities (k) and Conductances
of Building
ContinuedMaterials and Insulators--
The coefficients are expressed in Btu per hour per square foot per degree Fahrenheit per l in. thickness, unless otherwise indicated.
D ensitt (L b per C u Ft)
1
Material
Description
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INSULATION--LOOSE FILL OR BAT TYPE --Continued Fiber_____ _______
Glass Wool__________ -
Granular
Fibrous material made from dolomite and
silica
..... ..............
........
'Fibrous material made from slap
. Fibrous material 25 to 30 microns in dia-
meter, made from virgin bottle glass_____
Made from combined silicate of lime and
alumina___
Made from expanded aluminum-magnesium
silicate__
___________
*" Flaked, dry and fluffy/_____________________ * *" " a aa a
mama
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
75 103
75
72
42 90 90 90 90 90 90 75 90 75
a u aua a a *aa m a aaa Rock wool with a binding agent _ Rock wool with flax, straw pulp, and binder Rock wool with vegetable fibers
From maple, beech and birch (coarse). Redwood bark______________________ __ ____
8.10 21.00 18.00 14.00 10.00 14.50 14.50 11.50 12.00 8.80 13.20 3.00
90 90 90 90 90 77 75 72 90 90 90 90
INSULATION--RIGID
Nn added hinder
am
a
aa aa
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Asphaltic binder
.................. .
14.00
10.60 7.00 5.40
14.50
90 90 90 90 90
Chemically treated hog hair covered with
film nf aanhalt.
Made from corn stalks-------
" * exploded wood fibers___
* * hard wood fibers___
Insulating plaster 9/10-in. thick applied to
H-in. plaster board base________ .. .
Made from licorice roots
Made from 85% magnesia and 15% asbestos
Made from shredded wood and cement-
* * sugar cane fiber-
Sugar cane fiber insulation blocks encased in asphalt membrane
Made from wheat straw _ " wood fiher
"" mm
aa
mm
am
aa
aa
as
am
10.00 15.00 17.90 15.20
54.00 16.10 19.30 24.20 13.50
13.80 17.00 15.90 15.00
8.50 15.20 16.90
75 71 78 70
75 81 86 72 70
70 68 72 70 52 72 -- 90
BUILDING BOARDS Asbestos____
Compressed cement and asbestos sheets___ Oomirated asbestos hoard
123.00 86 20.40 no
0.27 0.27
3.70 3.70
0.27
3.70
0.24
4.17
0.32
3.12
1.00
1.00
0.77
1.30
0.59
1.69
0.44
2.27
0.60
1.67
0.52
1.92
0.48*
2.08
0.35
2.86
0.34
2.94
0.27* 3.70
0.31 ^ > 3.22
0.30
3.33
0.29
3.45
0.28
' 3.57
0.27*
3.70
0.33
3.03
0.38
2.63
0.31'
3.22
0.41
2.44
0.41
2.44
0.36
2.78
0.31
3.22
0.30* 0.34 0.30 0.27 0.25 0.32 0.33*
0.28 0.33 0.36 0.32
1.07f 0.34 0.51 0.46 0.33
0.30 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.29 0.33 0.34
3.33 2.94 3.33 3.70 . 4.00 3.12 3.03
3.57 3.03. 3.12 3.12
0.93 2.94 1.96 2.17 3.03
3.33 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.45 3.03 2.94
2.70 0.48
0.37 2.08
For notes see Page 107.
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Chapter 5- -Heat Transmission Coefficients and Tables
Table 2. 1
Conductivities (k) and Conductances (C) of Building
ContinuedMaterials and Insulators--
The coeffic
nr, expressed in Btu per hour per square foot Per degree Fahrenheit per 1 in. thickness unless otherwise indicated.
Material
Description
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BUILDING boards --Continued AsBBaTOS--------- -------Gtpsum-------------------
Plaster Boahd.
Pressed asbestos mill boardSheet asbesto; Gypsum between layers of heavy paperTM Rigid, gypsum between layers of heavy
paper 04-ia- thick)---------------------------------Gypsum mixed with sawdust between layers
of heavy paper (0.39-in. thick)_________
(H in.)---------------------------------------------------
(M in-)-----------------------------------------------
60.50 48.30 62.80
86 110
70
53.50 90
__ _60.70 90
--
TM
0.84 0.29 1.41
2.60t
3.60t 3.73f* 2.82f*
1.19 3.45 0.71
0.38
0.28 0.27 0.35
(i) (2> (3)
(I)
(1) -- --
roofing construction Roofing----------------------
Asphalt, composition or prepared Built up--in. thick
Built up. bitumen and felt, gravel or slag
70.00 --
75 --
6.50f* 3.53f*
0.15 0.28
surfaced*____________ --_____________ __ -- -- 1.33
0.75
Plaster board, gypsum fiber concrete and
3-ply roof covering-2^ in. thick 52.40 76
0.58f
1.72
Shingles.
Asbestos. Asphalt. Slate......
65.00 75
6.00f* 0.17
_70.00 75
6.50f* 0.15
201.00
10.37*
0.10
Wood___
-- _ 1.28f* 0.78
(3) --
(2)
<<> (3) (3) b)
PLASTERING MATERIALS Plaster1_______ --............-- Cement Gypsum, typical................ .........................
Thickness in..... .............. ............ ...........
Metal Lath and Plaster-- Total thinknera in___________________ Wood Lath and Plasteb------ %-in. plaster, total thickness *A in______
__ 8.00 3.30*
0.13 0.30
(2) __
73 8.80t 0.11 (4)
____
4.40f* 0.23
-- 70 2.50f 0.40 (41
BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS Frame.TMTM-------------
Flooring.
1-in. fir sheathing and building paper 1-in. fir sheathing, building paper, and
yellow pine lap siding...
1 -in. fir sheathing, building paper and stucco Pine lap siding and building paper--siding
4 in. wide --...... ............................... ...........
Yellow pine lap siding_____ Maple--across grain_______ Battleship linoleum (JA-in.).
--
40.00 --
30
20 20
16 __ 75 --
0.7tf*
0.50|* 0.55
0.85f* 1.28f* 1.20 1.36f*
1.41
2.00 1.82
1.18 0.78 0.83 0.74
AIR SPACE AND SURFACE
COEFFICIENTS
Am Spaces
Over Jtf-in. faced with ordinary building
materials........ .................
40 1.10f* 0.91
Surfaces, Ordinabt
__ _Still air (fi)_______ _________________________ ____ .... 1.65f* 0.61
IS mph--(/o)________________________ _
6.00t* 0.17
Surface, Rough Stucco.___ 15 mph--(Jo)_____________________
9.00t* 0.11
Surface, Bright Aluminum Still air (Ji)
-- 60 1.18t 0.85
AIR SPACES FACED WITH BRIGHT ALUMINUM
Air space, faced one side with bright alumi num foil, over $i-in. wide
Air space, faced one side with bright alumi num foil, H-in. wide__.
Air space, faced both sides with brightaiuminum foil, over -in. wide
Air space, faced both sides with bright aluminum foil, 3^-in. wide
For notes see Page 107.
Ill
-- --
50 0.46f 2.17
50 . 0.62t
1.61
50 0.41t* 2.44
50 0.57f 1.75
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