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    This document provides a table of thermal conductivity values for various materials ranging from diamond to air. It lists the thermal conductivity in units of cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) and W/m K for each material. It also provides references for some of the values. The document notes that polyurethane foam is one of the best insulating materials with a nominal thermal conductivity of 0.02 W/mK. It also provides a link to a NIST calculation of thermal conductivity values for polyurethane at different densities and temperatures.

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    This document provides a table of thermal conductivity values for various materials ranging from diamond to air. It lists the thermal conductivity in units of cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) and W/m K for each material. It also provides references for some of the values. The document notes that polyurethane foam is one of the best insulating materials with a nominal thermal conductivity of 0.02 W/mK. It also provides a link to a NIST calculation of thermal conductivity values for polyurethane at different densities and temperatures.

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    This document provides a table of thermal conductivity values for various materials ranging from diamond to air. It lists the thermal conductivity in units of cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) and W/m K for each material. It also provides references for some of the values. The document notes that polyurethane foam is one of the best insulating materials with a nominal thermal conductivity of 0.02 W/mK. It also provides a link to a NIST calculation of thermal conductivity values for polyurethane at different densities and temperatures.

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    This document provides a table of thermal conductivity values for various materials ranging from diamond to air. It lists the thermal conductivity in units of cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) and W/m K for each material. It also provides references for some of the values. The document notes that polyurethane foam is one of the best insulating materials with a nominal thermal conductivity of 0.02 W/mK. It also provides a link to a NIST calculation of thermal conductivity values for polyurethane at different densities and temperatures.

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    Index

    Thermal Conductivity
    Tables
    Thermal conductivity Thermal conductivity
    Material Reference
    (cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) (W/m K)* Young
    Diamond ... 1000 Ch 15.
    Silver 1.01 406.0
    Copper 0.99 385.0
    Gold ... 314
    Brass ... 109.0
    Aluminum 0.50 205.0
    Iron 0.163 79.5
    Steel ... 50.2
    Lead 0.083 34.7
    Mercury ... 8.3
    Ice 0.005 1.6
    Glass,ordinary 0.0025 0.8
    Concrete 0.002 0.8
    Water at 20° C 0.0014 0.6
    Asbestos 0.0004 0.08
    Snow (dry) 0.00026 ...
    Fiberglass 0.00015 0.04
    Brick,insulating ... 0.15
    Brick, red ... 0.6
    Cork board 0.00011 0.04
    Wool felt 0.0001 0.04
    Rock wool ... 0.04
    Polystyrene (styrofoam) ... 0.033
    Polyurethane ... 0.02
    Wood 0.0001 0.12-0.04
    Air at 0° C 0.000057 0.024
    Helium (20°C) ... 0.138
    Hydrogen(20°C) ... 0.172
    Nitrogen(20°C) ... 0.0234
    Oxygen(20°C) ... 0.0238
    Silica aerogel ... 0.003

    *Most from Young, Hugh D., University Physics, 7th Ed. Table 15-5. Values
    for diamond and silica aerogel from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and
    Physics.
    Note that 1 (cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) = 419 W/m K. With this in mind, the two
    columns above are not always consistent. All values are from published
    tables, but can't be taken as authoritative.

    The value of 0.02 W/mK for polyurethane can be taken as a nominal figure
    which establishes polyurethane foam as one of the best insulators. NIST
    published a numerical approximation routine for calculating the thermal
    conductivity of polyurethane at
    http://cryogenics.nist.gov/NewFiles/Polyurethane.html . Their calculation
    for freon filled polyurethane of density 1.99 lb/ft3 at 20°C gives a thermal
    conductivity of 0.022 W/mK. The calculation for CO2 filled polyurethane of
    density 2.00 lb/ft3 gives 0.035 W/mK .

    Heat conduction discussion


    Debye Temperature and Thermal Conductivity

    HyperPhysics***** Thermodynamics Go Back

    Wiedemann-Franz Ratio
    The ratio between thermal and electrical conductivities of metals can be
    expressed in terms of the ratio:

    which may be called the Wiedemann-Franz Ratio or the Lorenz constant.


    Index
    Metal k/sT (10-8WW/K2)
    Tables
    Cu 2.23
    Reference
    Ag 2.31
    Blatt
    Au 2.35 Section
    13.2
    Zn 2.31
    Cd 2.42
    Sn 2.52
    Mo 2.61
    Pb 2.47
    Pt 2.51
    Heat conduction discussion
    Wiedemann-Franz Law
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