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TYPICAL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF BUILDING MATERIALS: STRUCTURAL AND FINISHING MATERIALS

(Always check manufacturers details variation will occur depending on product and nature of materials).

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY (W/mK) 0.25 0.16 237 0.50 0.05 0.84 0.62 1.21 1.13 0.17 1.28 1.63 1.40 1.13 0.51 0.38 0.19 0.16 390 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.06 0.93 3 50.00 0.80 0.13 0.77 0.21 0.50 0.16 0.16 0.12 0.41 0.96 0.84 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.84 0.14 0.15 0.10 0.038-0.050 0.030-0.038 0.035 0.029-0.039 0.031-0.044 0.040 0.035 0.021-0.024 0.022-0.028 0.022 0.028 0.022-0.028 0.034 0.042

Thermal Conductivity of Building Materials

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Data Handling

Acoustic plasterboard Aerated concrete slab (500kg/m3) Aluminium Asphalt (1700kg/m3) Bitumen-impregnated fibreboard Brickwork (outer leaf 1700kg/m3) Brickwork (inner leaf 1700kg/m3) Dense aggregate concrete block 1800 kg/m3 (exposed) Dense aggregate concrete block 1800 kg/m3 (protected) Calcium silicate board (600 kg/m3) Concrete general Cast concrete (heavyweight 2300 kg/m3) Cast concrete (dense 2100 kg/m3 typical floor) Cast concrete (dense 2000 kg/m3 typical floor) Cast concrete (medium 1400 kg/m3) Cast concrete (lightweight 1200 kg/m3) Cast concrete (lightweight 600 kg/m3) Concrete slab (aerated 500kg/m3) Copper External render sand/cement finish External render (1300 kg/m3) Felt - Bitumen layers (1700kg/m3) Fibreboard (300 kg/m3) Glass Marble Metal tray used in wriggly tin concrete floors (7800 kg/m3) Mortar (1750 kg/m3) Oriented strand board Outer leaf brick Plasterboard Plaster dense (1300 kg/m3) Plaster lightweight (600 kg/m3) Plywood (950 kg/m3) Prefabricated timber wall panels (check manufacturer) Screed (1200kg/m3) Stone chippings (1800 kg/m3) Tile hanging (1900 kg/m3) Timber (650 kg/m3) Timber flooring (650 kg/m3) Timber rafters Timber roof or floor joists Roof tile (1900kg/m3) Timber blocks (650 kg/m3) Web of I stud timber Wood wool slab (500kg/m3) Cellular glass Expanded polystyrene Expanded polystyrene slab (25 kg/m3) Extruded polystyrene Glass mineral wool Mineral quilt (12 kg/m3) Mineral wool slab (25 kg/m3) Phenolic foam Polyisocyanurate Polyurethane Rigid polyurethane Rock mineral wool

Thermal Conductivity of Building Materials