Thermal Conductivity of some common Materials

Thermal conductivity of some common materials as aluminum, asphalt, brass, copper, steel and many more
Thermal conductivity is the quantity of heat transmitted through a unit thickness in a direction normal to a surface of unit area, due to a unit temperature gradient under steady state conditions. Thermal conductivity, or heat transfer coefficients, of some common materials and products can be found in the table below: Thermal Conductivity - k - (W/m K) Temperature (oC) Material/Substance 25 Acetone Acrylic Air Alcohol Aluminum Aluminum Oxide Ammonia Antimony Argon Asbestos-cement board Asbestos-cement sheets Asbestos-cement 0.16 0.2 0.024 0.17 250 30 0.022 18.5 0.016 0.744 0.166 2.07 255 250 125 225

Asbestos, loosely packed Asbestos mill board Asphalt Balsa Bitumen Benzene Beryllium Brass Brick dense Brick work Cadmium Carbon Cement, portland Cement, mortar Chalk Cobalt Concrete, light Concrete, stone Constantan

0.15 0.14 0.75 0.048 0.17 0.16 218 109 1.31 0.69 92 1.7 0.29 1.73 0.09 69 0.42 1.7 22

Copper Corian (ceramic filled) Corkboard Cork, regranulated Cork, ground Cotton Carbon Steel Cotton Wool insulation Diatomaceous earth (Sil-o-cel) Earth, dry Ether Epoxy Felt insulation Fiberglass Fiber insulating board Fiber hardboard Fireclay brick 500oC Foam Glass Gasoline

401 1.06 0.043 0.044 0.043 0.03 54 0.029 0.06 1.5 0.14 0.35 0.04 0.04 0.048 0.2 1.4 0.042 0.15

400

398

51

47

Glass Glass, Pearls, dry Glass, Pearls, saturated Class, window Glass, wool Insulation Glycerol Gold Granite Gypsum or plaster board Hairfelt Hardboard high density Hardwoods (oak, maple..) Helium Hydrogen Ice (0oC, 32oF) Insulation materials Iridium Iron Iron, wrought

1.05 0.18 0.76 0.96 0.04 0.28 310 1.7 - 4.0 0.17 0.05 0.15 0.16 0.142 0.168 2.18 0.035 - 0.16 147 80 59 68 60 312 310

Iron, cast Kapok insulation Kerosene Lead Pb Leather, dry Limestone Magnesia insulation (85%) Magnesium Marble Mercury Methane Methanol Mica Mineral wool blanket Molybdenum Monel Nickel Nitrogen Nylon 6

55 0.034 0.15 35 0.14 1.26 - 1.33 0.07 156 2.6 8 0.030 0.21 0.71 0.04 138 26 91 0.024 0.25

Oil, machine Olive oil Oxygen Paper Paraffin Wax Perlite, atmospheric pressure Perlite, vacuum Plaster, gypsum Plaster, metal lath Plaster, wood lath Plastics, foamed Plastics, solid Platinum Plywood Polyethylene HD Polypropylene Polystyrene expanded Porcelain PTFE

0.15 0.17 0.024 0.05 0.25 0.031 0.00137 0.48 0.47 0.28 0.03

70 0.13 0.42 - 0.51 0.1 - 0.22 0.03 1.5 0.25

71

72

PVC Pyrex glass Quarts mineral Rock Wool insulation Sand, dry Sand, saturated Sandstone Sawdust Silica aerogel Silicone oil Silver Snow (temp < 0oC) Sodium Softwoods (fir, pine ..) Steel Stainless Steel Straw insulation Styrofoam Tin Sn

0.19 1.005 3 0.045 0.35 2.7 1.7 0.08 0.02 0.1 429 0.05 - 0.25 84 0.12 46 16 0.09 0.033 67 17 19

Zinc Zn Urethane foam Vermiculite Vinyl ester Water Water, vapor (steam) Wood across the grain, white pine Wood across the grain, balsa Wood across the grain, yellow pine Wood, oak Wool, felt

116 0.021 0.058 0.25 0.58 0.016

0.12

0.055

0.147

0.17 0.07

1 W/(m.K) = 1 W/(mo.C) = 0.85984 kcal/(h.m.oC) = 0.5779 Btu/(ft.h.oF)