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Thermal insulants

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  • Probert, S.D.
  • Giani, S.

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More than £109 are spent annually in the world on thermal insulants, yet it is surprising how little attention is devoted to the selection of the most suitable insulant for the chosen purpose as an essential step in the design process. Too often the choice between insulants (for example, between X which possesses a very low thermal conductivity, Y which has a high strength and Z which is easily applied) is made on the basis of ill-informed opinion or limited experience. Thus details of the pertinent physical properties for commercially-available insulants have been gleaned and sifted, often from scattered and sometimes from esoteric sources of information, in order to facilitate the designer (whether he be an engineer or an architect) making the optimal choice.

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  • Probert, S.D. & Giani, S., 1976. "Thermal insulants," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 83-116, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:2:y:1976:i:2:p:83-116
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