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Thermal Conductviy
Thermal Conductivity
Material ‘Thermal conductivity || Thermal conductivity
(cal/see)/(em? Cfem) (Wim K)*
[Diamond “ 1000
Silver LOL 406.0
[Copper 0.99 385.0
|Gold 314
[Brass 1 109.0
|Aluminum 0.50 205.0
Tron 0.163 79.5
Steel “ 50.2
Lead 0.083 34.7
Mercury 83
Ice 0.005 16
[Glass,ordinary 0.0025 08
|Concrete 0.002, 08
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 se 0.6
|Cork board 0.00011 0.04
|Wool felt 0.0001 0.04
|Rock wool 0.04
[Polystyrene (styrofoam) 0.033
[Polyurethane a 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
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Most from Young, Hugh D., University Physics, 7th Ed, Table 15-5. Values
{for diamond and silica aerogel from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and
Index’
Tables
Reference
Ch 15.
18‘sweo018 Thermal Conductivity
[Note that 1 (cal/sec)/(em? C/em) = 419 Wim K. With this in mind, the two
lcolumns above are not always consistent. All values are from published
lables, but can’t be taken as authoritative.
[The value of 0.02 W/mK for polyurethane can be taken as a nominal figure
lwhich establishes polyurethane foam as one of the best insulators. NIST
published a numerical approximation routine for calculating the thermal
|conductivity of polyurethane at
wml . Their calculation
for freon filled polyurethane of density 1.99 lb/ft? at 20°C gives a thermal
|conductivity of 0.022 W/mK. The calculation for CO, filled polyurethane of
|density 2.00 Ib/ft? gives 0.035 W/mK
Heat conduction discussion
[Debye Temperature and Thermal Conductivity|
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Wiedemann-Franz Ratio
|The ratio between thermal and electrical conductivities of metals can be
lexpressed in terms of the ratio:
Ls 2.45 x 10-SWOQ/K?
|which may be called the Wiedemann-Franz Ratio or the Lorenz constant. Ind
index
Metal i/o (10° 8WOVK2) ‘Table.
Cu 2.23 -
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|Au 2.35 Section
Zn 231 B2
Cd 2.42
‘Sn 2.52
(Mo 2.61
Pb 2.47
Pt 2.51
Wiedemann-Franz Law
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