Thermal conductivity

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Guidance is
provided on how Advanced ceramics, to include
to utilize the most monolithic ceramics,
commonly particulate/whisker-reinforced C1470-00 http://www.astm.org
available ASTM ceramics, and continuous fiber-
thermal test reinforced ceramic composites.
methods

Refractories having a conductivity

Comparative factor of not more than 200
thermal Btu[dot]in./h[dot]ft [dot]°F (2818 C201-93(1998) http://www.astm.org
conductivity W/m[dot]K), for a thickness of 1 in.
(25 mm)
Comparative
thermal Insulating firebrick C182-88(1998) http://www.astm.org
conductivity

Refractories having a conductivity

Comparative factor of not more than 200
thermal Btu[dot]in./h[dot]ft [dot]°F (28.8 C202-93(1998) http://www.astm.org
conductivity W/m[dot]K) with the exception of
insulating firebrick

Homogeneous-opaque solids.
Materials with
Guarded-
effective conductivities in the
Comparative-
approximate
Longitudinal E1225-99 http://www.astm.org
range 0.2 ∧ [lambda] ∧ 200 W/ [dot]K
Heat Flow
over
Technique
the approximate temperature range
between 90 and 1300 K.

Plastics over a temperature range

from -40 to 400oC.
The thermal conductivity of materials
Transient
in the range
Line-Source D5930-01 http://www.astm.org
from 0.08 to 2.0 W/m.K covering
Technique
thermoplastics,
thermosets, and rubbers, filled and
reinforced
 non-carbonaceous, dielectric
refractories
refractory brick, refractory castables,
plastic refractories, ramming mixes,
powdered materials, granular
Hot Wire Method C1113-99 http://www.astm.org
materials,
and refractory fibers, from room
temperature to 1500°C, with k-values
less than 15 W/m[dot]K
(100 Btu[dot]in./h[dot]ft2[dot]°F).

Comparative
thermal Unfired monolithic refractories C417-93(1998) http://www.astm.org
conductivity

Heat Flow Meter

Gasket Materials, small samples F433-02 http://www.astm.org
System

Materials and composites,

especially in thicknesses of
less than 12 mm materials and
composites, especially in
thicknesses of less than 12 mm.
Materials in sheet
Guarded Heat
and similar forms having a
Flow Meter E1530-99 http://www.astm.org
thermal resistance in the range
Technique
from 20 to 400 X 10 -4 m2 K/W
(an effective thermal conductivity
in the approximate range
0.1 ∧ [lambda] ∧ 5 W/m[dot]K)
over the approximate temperature
range from 150 to 600 K.

Carbon or carbon-bearing
refractories. This test method is
Comparative
designed for refractories having a
thermal C767-93(1998) http://www.astm.org
conductivity factor of not more than
conductivity
200 Btu[dot]in./h[dot]ft [dot]°F (28.8
W/m[dot]K).

Modulated Homogeneous, non-porous solid

Temperature materials in the range of 0.10 to 1.0
Differential W/(K*m). This range includes many E1952-01 http://www.astm.org
Scanning polymeric, glass, and ceramic
Calorimetry materials.
 Carbon materials in thicknesses of
less than 25 mm. The test method is
useful for homogeneous materials
Guarded Heat having a thermal conductivity in the
Flow Meter approximate range 1 30 W/(mK), D6744-01 http://www.astm.org
Technique (thermal resistance in the range from
10 to 400 104 m2 K/W) over the
approximate temperature range from
150 to 600 K.

Steady-state heat Homogeneous or composite thermally

flux through a flat conductive sheet material ranging D5470-01 http://www.astm.org
specimen from 0.02 to 10 mm in thickness

Thermally conductive electrical

D6343-99 http://www.astm.org
insulation sheet materials

Undisturbed and remolded soil

specimens as well as in situ and
laboratory soft rock specimens,
isotropic materials only, dry materials
Hot Wire Method D5334-00 http://www.astm.org
over the temperature range from 20 to
100oC and over a limited range
around ambient room temperatures
for specimens containing moisture

Leather including poorly conductive

material such as rubber, textiles, and
Steady-state
cork associated with the construction D2214-02 http://www.astm.org
conditions
of shoes. Specimens up to 0.5 in. (13
mm) thick.

Thermal insulations, products, and

materials, and of related systems and
C1058-03 http://www.astm.org
components, both insulated and
uninsulated
heat transfer
through a
specimen under
controlled air
temperature, air
velocity, and
thermal radiation
C1363-97 http://www.astm.org
conditions
established in a
metering
chamber on one
side and in a
climatic chamber
on the other side

Whiteware ceramics over the

temperature range from 100 to 300°F C408-88(1999) http://www.astm.org
(40 to 150°C).
Thermal conductivity of a thin,
electrically insulating film,
on a substrate having a thermal
conductivity significantly greater
three-omega than the thermal conductivity of the
ISO/TTA 4:2002 http://www.iso.ch/iso/en
method film. Thickness lies in the range 0,25
to 1 micrometres. Size of
approximately 15 mm by 25 mm is
required

Hot Plate Method ISO 2582:1978 http://www.iso.ch/iso/en

Homogeneous porous, fibrous,

Guarded Hot Plate
granulated or coated materials ISO/TR 7882:1986 http://www.iso.ch/iso/en
Method
sutable
for brake linings for road vehicles.

The method is applicable at

temperatures not
higher than 1250 °C and to refractory
products
whose thermal conductivity is less
Hot Wire than 1,5 W/(m.k)
Method - and whose thermal diffusivity is less
ISO 8894-1:1987 http://www.iso.ch/iso/en
cross-array than 10-6 m2/s.
configuration Subject to the limits in 1.2, the method
is applicable
to powdered or granular materials. It
is not applicable
to refractory materials consisting of or
containing fibres.
 Refractory products and materials
with
a thermal conductivity less than 25 W/
Hot Wire Method
(m.K)
- parallel ISO 8894-2:1990 http://www.iso.ch/iso/en
up to and including 1250°C; does not
configuration
apply
to electrically conducting materials.

ISO 13787:2003 http://www.iso.ch/iso/en

guarded-hot-plate, wide variety of specimens, ranging

absolute (or from opaque solids to porous or
C177-97 http://www.astm.org
primary) method transparent materials, and a wide
of measurement range of environmental conditions

Testing of projecting fenestration

products (that is, garden windows,
skylights, and roof windows)
Hot Box Apparatus installed vertically in a surround panel. C1199-00 http://www.astm.org
Current research on skylights, roof
windows,
and projecting products.

laboratory measurement of heat

transfer through a specimen under
controlled air temperature, air velocity,
Hot Box Apparatus and thermal radiation conditions C1363-97 http://www.astm.org
established in a metering chamber on
one side and in a climatic chamber on
the other side.

steady-state thermal transmission

Thin-heater properties
C1114-00 http://www.astm.org
Apparatus of flat-slab specimens of thermal
insulation

evacuated multilayer insulations

Guarded Hot Plate C745-92(1999) http://www.astm.org
which are highly anisotropic by nature
 Specimens may be rigid, flexible, or
loose fill, may be homogeneous or
The guarded-end
nonhomogeneous, isotropic or C335-95 http://www.astm.org
apparatus
nonisotropic, and of circular or non-
circular cross section

The method has been used at

ambient conditions of 10 to 40°C with
thicknesses up to approximately 250
Steady state C518-02 http://www.astm.org
mm, and with plate temperatures
from- 195°C to 540°C at 25-mm
thickness

thin specimens of materials and

composites, especially in thicknesses
of less than 12 mm,materials in sheet
and similar forms having a thermal
resistance in the range from 20 to 400
steady state E1530-99 http://www.astm.org
X 10 -4 m2 K/W (an effective thermal
conductivity in the approximate range
0.1 ∧ [lambda] ∧ 5 W/m[dot]K) over
the approximate temperature range
from 150 to 600 K

blanket thermal insulation products

including fibrous glass, rock/slag
wool, or cellulosic fiber materials;
granular types including vermiculite
steady state C1373-03 http://www.astm.org
and perlite; pelletized products; and
any other insulation material that may
be installed pneumatically or poured
in place

Material density range for mineral-

fiber material of roughly 6.4 to 48
kg/m3 (0.4 to 3.0 lb/ft3). It is primarily
intended to apply to low-density,
mineral-fiber mass insulation batts
calculation and and blankets, exclusive of any
interpolation of membrane facings. Apparent thermal
C653-97(2002) http://www.astm.org
a thermal conductivity data for these products
resistance are commonly reported at a mean
temperature of 23.9°C (75°F) and a
hot-to-cold plate temperature
difference of 27.8°C (50°F) or 22.2°C
(40°F).
 a wide variety of loose-fill thermal
insulation products including fibrous
glass, rock/slag wool, or cellulosic
fiber materials; granular types
including vermiculite and perlite;
C687-02 http://www.astm.org
pelletized products; and any other
insulation material that may be
installed pneumatically or poured in
place, at mean temperatures between
-20 and 55°C (4 to 131°F).

Calculation of
heat transport C1045-01 http://www.astm.org
data

Refractory, dense and insulating

shaped products and powdered or
Hot Wire Method
granular materials, with thermal
- parallel DIN EN 993-15 http://webstore.ansi.org/
conductivities less than 25 W(mK).
configuration
Electrically conducting materials
connot be measured.

Refractory, dense and insulating

Hot Wire shaped products and powdered or
Method - granular materials, with thermal
DIN EN 993-14 http://webstore.ansi.org/
cross-array conductivities less than 1.5 W(mK).
configuration Electrically conducting materials
connot be measured.

Thermal Insulating Materials;

Guarded Hot Thermal Resistance of Laminated
DIN 52613 http://webstore.ansi.org/
Plate Apparatus Materials for Use in Building Practice
(FOREIGN STANDARD)

Guarded Hot
DIN 52612-2 http://webstore.ansi.org/
Plate Apparatus
Guarded Hot
DIN 52612-1 http://webstore.ansi.org/
Plate Apparatus

nonmetallic liquids that are:

(1) chemically compatible with
borosilicate glass and platinum; D2717-95(2000) http://webstore.ansi.org/
(2) moderately transparent or
absorbent to infrared radiation

Hot Wire
Method -
SS-EN 993-15 http://webstore.ansi.org/
cross-array
configuration
 Title Notes

Standard Guide for Testing

the Thermal Properties of Advanced
Ceramics

Standard Test Method for Refractories under standardized

Thermal Conductivity of Refractories testing conditions.

Standard Test Method for

Thermal Conductivity of Insulating
Firebrick

Standard Test Method for

Thermal Conductivity of Refractory
Brick

Standard Test Method for Thermal

Conductivity
of Solids by Means of the Guarded-
Comparative-Longitudinal
Heat Flow Technique

Standard Test Method for Thermal

Conductivity
of Plastics by Means of a Transient
Line-Source Technique
Standard Test Method for Thermal
Conductivity
of Refractories by Hot Wire
(Platinum Resistance Thermometer
Technique)

Standard Test Method for Thermal

Conductivity
of Unfired Monolithic Refractories
Standard Practice for Evaluating
Thermal Conductivity of Gasket
Materials

Standard Test Method for Evaluating

the Resistance to Thermal
Transmission
of Thin Specimens of Materials by
the
Guarded Heat Flow Meter Technique

Standard Test Method for

Thermal Conductivity of
Carbon Refractories

Standard Test Method for Thermal

Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity
by Modulated Temperature
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Standard Test Method for
Determination of the Thermal
Conductivity of Anode Carbons by
the Guarded Heat Flow Meter
Technique

Standard Test Methods for Thermal

Transmission Properties of Thin
Thermally Conductive Solid Electrical
Insulation Materials
Test Methods for Thin Thermally
There is no IEC publication or
Conductive Solid Materials for
ISO standard equivalent to this
Electrical Insulation and Dielectric
standard
Applications

Standard Test Method for

Determination of Thermal
Conductivity of Soil and Soft Rock by
Thermal Needle Probe Procedure

Standard Test Method for Estimating

the Thermal Conductivity of Leather
with the Cenco-Fitch Apparatus

Thermal properties shall be

determined
as a function of temperature by
Standard Practice for Selecting standard
Temperatures for Evaluating and test methods. (Test Methods C
Reporting Thermal Properties of 177, C 201, C 236,
Thermal Insulation C 335, C 518, C 745, C 976, C
1114, Guide C 653,
and Practice C 687, all in
combination
with Practice C 1045.)
Standard Test Method for the
Thermal Performance of Building
Assemblies by Means of a Hot Box
Apparatus

Standard Test Method for Thermal

Conductivity of Whiteware Ceramics

Measurement of thermal
conductivity
of thin films on silicon substrates

Cork and cork products --

Determination of thermal conductivity
-- Hot plate method

Road vehicles -- Brake linings --

Determination of thermal conductivity
by guarded hot-plate apparatus

Refractory materials -- Determination

of thermal conductivity -- Part 1: Hot-
wire method (cross-array)
Refractory materials -- Determination
of thermal conductivity -- Part 2: Hot-
wire method (parallel)

Thermal insulation products for

building equipment and industrial
installations
-- Determination of declared thermal
conductivity

Standard Test Method for Steady-

State
Heat Flux Measurements and
Thermal Transmission
Properties by Means of the Guarded-
Hot-Plate Apparatus

This test method refers to the

Standard Test Method for Measuring thermal transmittance, U, and the
the Steady-State Thermal corresponding thermal resistance,
Transmittance R, of a fenestration system
of Fenestration Systems Using Hot installed vertically in the absence
Box Methods of solar and air leakage effects.

Standard Test Method for the

Thermal
Performance of Building Assemblies
by
Means of a Hot Box Apparatus

Two versions of thin-heater

Standard Test Method for Steady- apparatus
State using the same principle of the
Thermal Transmission Properties by standard
Means of the Thin-Heater Apparatus are described in Annex A1 and
Annex A2

Standard Test Method for Heat Flux

Through Evacuated Insulations
Using a Guarded Flat Plate Boiloff
Calorimeter
Standard Test Method for Steady- In this test method the preferred
State resistance,
Heat Transfer Properties of conductance, and transference are
Horizontal the lineal values computed for a
Pipe Insulation unit length of pipe

a comparative, or secondary,
Standard Test Method for Steady-
method of measurement
State
since specimens of known thermal
Thermal Transmission Properties
transmission
by Means of the Heat Flow Meter
properties shall be used to
Apparatus
calibrate the apparatus.

Standard Test Method for Evaluating

the Resistance to Thermal
Transmission
of Thin Specimens of Materials by
the Guarded Heat Flow Meter
Technique

Standard Practice for Determination

of
Thermal Resistance of Attic
Insulation
Systems Under Simulated Winter
Conditions

Standard Guide for Determination

of the Thermal Resistance of
Low-Density Blanket-Type Mineral
Fiber Insulation
 This practice presents a
Standard Practice for Determination
laboratory guide to determine the
of Thermal Resistance of
thermal resistance of
Loose-Fill Building Insulation
loose-fill building insulations

The thermal transmission

properties
described include: thermal
conductance,
Standard Practice for Calculating
thermal resistance, apparent
Thermal Transmission
thermal
Properties Under Steady-State
conductivity, apparent thermal
Conditions
resistivity,
surface conductance, surface
resistance, and overall thermal
resistance or transmittance

Methods of testing dense

shaped refractory products -
Part 15: Determination of thermal
conductivity by the hot-wire (parallel)
method (FOREIGN STANDARD)

Methods of testing dense

shaped refractory products -
Part 14: Determination of
thermal conductivity by
the hot-wire (cross-array)
method (FOREIGN STANDARD)

Thermal Insulating Materials;

Determination of Thermal
Conductivity by the Guarded Hot
Plate Apparatus; Thermal Resistance
of Laminated Materials for Use in
Building Practice (FOREIGN
STANDARD)

Testing of thermal insulating

materials;
determination of thermal conductivity
by means of the guarded hot plate
apparatus;
conversion of the measured values
for building applications (FOREIGN
STANDARD)
Testing of Thermal Insulating
Materials;
Determination of Thermal
Conductivity by
the Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus;
Test Procedure and Evaluation
(FOREIGN STANDARD)

Standard Test Method for

Thermal Conductivity of Liquid

Methods of testing dense shaped

refractory products -
Part 14: Determination of thermal
conductivity by the hot wire
(cross-array) method (FOREIGN
STANDARD)
Thermal diffusivity
Technique Material Identifier Website

Homogeneous isotropic solid

materials.
Thermal diffusivity values ranging
Flash Method E1461-01 http://www.astm.org
from 10-7 to 10-3 m 2/s and
temperatures
about 75 to 2800 K

Carbons and graphite to +5% at

temperatures up to 500°C.
Thermal Pulse Small easily fabricated specimen
C714-85(2000) http://www.astm.org
Method are required.
Thermal diffusivity values in the
range from 0.04 to 2.0 cm /s

Calculation of the
thermal diffusivity
from measured
values of the The temperature range covered
mass density, by this practice is 20 to
D4612-86(1996) http://www.astm.org
thermal 300°C.The practice is intended
conductivity, and for isotropic samples.
specific heat at
constant
pressure.

The document describes a

method for the
determination of thermal
diffusivity of
advanced monolithic technical
ceramics,
to an accuracy of approximately
5 %.
laser flash DIN EN 821-2 http://webstore.ansi.org/
It is suitable for the measurement
of
thermal diffusivity values in the
range
0.1 mm<(hoch)2>/s to 1000
mm<(hoch)2>/s
at temperatures greater than
-180 oC

SS-EN 821-2 http://webstore.ansi.org/

 Title Notes

Standard Test Method for Thermal

Diffusivity of Solids by the Flash
Method

Standard Test Method for Thermal

Diffusivity
of Carbon and Graphite by a Thermal
Pulse Method

Advanced technical ceramics -

Monolithic ceramics-
Thermo-physical properties -
Part 2: Determination of thermal
diffusivity by the laser flash
(or heat pulse) method (FOREIGN
STANDARD)

Monolithic ceramics - Thermo-physical

properties -
Part 2: Determination of thermal
diffusivity by the laser flash
(or heat pulse) method (FOREIGN
STANDARD)

Advanced technical ceramics -

Monolithic ceramics-
Thermo-physical properties -
Part 2: Determination of thermal
diffusivity by the laser flash
(or heat pulse) method (FOREIGN
STANDARD)