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Insulation
Reynolds Corporation
Executive offices: 19 Rector Street, New York City
Offices in Principal Cities
REYNOLDS `METALLATION
Description
Metallation consists of bright sheet aluminum cemented to one or both sides of tough kraft paper. Available in roll form; in the form of Metallated *Ecod (a rein forced plaster base); and with heavy Sisalkraft paper base. These forms facili tate installation according to construction conditions and amount of insulation required.
Metallation is primarily insulation ma terial for building construction involving hollow wall, floor or roof sections. Data on special applications on request. Its insulating effectiveness depends upon its influence on the enclosed air spaces it bounds or forms, not, upon its thickness. Hence, it must always face or divide an air space to have insulating value. Because it is windproof and moisture-proof, it always serves as an effective weather proofing barrier in any building section where used.
How It Insulates
Metallation insulates by repelling prac tically all radiant heat which strikes its surface. This portion of the total heat loss ordinarily flows unimpeded across air spaces. Type A or B Metallation dividing an ordinary air space reduces heat loss by convection, by dividing the air space into two air spaces and stops 95 per cent of the radiant heat loss across such air spaces. Metallation has equal effectiveness on either side of an air space, in vertical walls regardless of the direction of the heat flow.
Characteristics
Metallation is waterproof, windproof, vermin-proof and non-absorptive. It is light in weight and flexible, yet stiff enough to conform to angles and curves when not under tension or suspended. Its
Type
Width of Roll
Length of Roll
A 17 in. 176 ft 5 in. B 25 in. 120 ft B 33 in. 90 ft 11 in. B 36 in. 83 ft 4 in. C 25 in. 120 ft C 33 in. 90 ft 11 in. C 36 in. 83 ft 4 in.
Weight of Roll
12*/* lb net 14 lb net 14 lb net
10>/2 lb net IO</2 lb net
W2 lb net
Area of Roll
250 soft 250 *q ft
250*qft 250 sq ft
250 sqft 250 sq ft
250 sq ft
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`Metallation, Metallated Ecod and Ecod are trade-marks of Reynolds Corp., duly registered in U. S. Pat. Off.
heat storage capacity is negligible, due to
its light weight and limited mass. The
aluminum used retains its reflectivity under
all normal conditions, as the surface is
protected by a transparent oxide which
forms immediately on exposure. Tests
recently conducted by Gordon B. Wilkes,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
show that visual brightness is not essential
to good performance.
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The,value of Metallation as an insula
tion is(`unlikely to be impaired by internal
condensatipn within the building section.
Some external walls and roofs standing
between cold exterior air and warm hu
midified air indoors develop a " dew-point "
temperature within them where condensa
tion forms. Any insulating material that
absorbs this moisture loses a part of its
insulating value until it dries out again.
Metallation being non-absorptive and un
effected by moisture, retains its full value.
Type A--Bright sheet aluminum ce
mented to both sides of tough kraft paper
with 1)4 in. plain paper margins exposed
for nailing inside framing members.
Applications: curtains between framing
members 16 in. o. c. Type B--Bright
sheet aluminum cemented edge to edge to
both sides of tough kraft paper. Applica
tion: curtains in air spaces. Also one
surface as insulation; the other as moisture-
proof membrane. Type C--Bright sheet
aluminum cemented edge to edge to one
side of tough kraft paper. Application:
one side as insulation, the other in contact
with building materials. Metallated
Ecod--Bright sheet aluminum cemented
to back of reinforcing plaster base.
See Sweet's Catalog for complete details.
Used by U. S. Government and leading
architects and engineers. Stocked by
leading dealers throughout U. S.
NOTES FOR HEAT TRANSFERENCE
TABLE on opposite page
^Computed by standard methods from data in The A.S.H.V.E. Guide, Vol. 14, pp. 104-111, 1936.
bAll air spaces are at least % in. wide.
oThe thickness of 1 in. yellow pine sheathing or flooring is approximately *& in.
^Plaster % in. to ^ in. thick is applied to ECOD or expanded metal plaster base.
eFour inches of face brick and four inches of common brick.
fNailing strips ' measure approximately *56 by 3M in. ana are spaced 2 in. apart.
sFurring wide enough to permit % in. air spaces between layers.
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Insulation
COEFFICIENTS OF TRANSMISSION. OF VARIOUS TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION INSULATED WITH REYNOLDS METALLATED
ECOD AND TYPE iA OR B METALLATION
Coefficients (U) are expressed In Btu per hour per square toot per degree Fahrenheit difference in temperature between air on the two sides of the construction.
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