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    This document lists the thermal conductivity of various materials. Diamond has the highest thermal conductivity at 1000 W/m K, followed by silver at 406 W/m K and copper at 385 W/m K. Materials with low thermal conductivity, making them good insulators, include polyurethane foam at 0.02 W/m K, silica aerogel at 0.003 W/m K, and fiberglass or cork board around 0.04 W/m K. The document also notes that published thermal conductivity values may vary and provides examples of polyurethane foam conductivity calculations from NIST.

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    This document lists the thermal conductivity of various materials. Diamond has the highest thermal conductivity at 1000 W/m K, followed by silver at 406 W/m K and copper at 385 W/m K. Materials with low thermal conductivity, making them good insulators, include polyurethane foam at 0.02 W/m K, silica aerogel at 0.003 W/m K, and fiberglass or cork board around 0.04 W/m K. The document also notes that published thermal conductivity values may vary and provides examples of polyurethane foam conductivity calculations from NIST.

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    This document lists the thermal conductivity of various materials. Diamond has the highest thermal conductivity at 1000 W/m K, followed by silver at 406 W/m K and copper at 385 W/m K. Materials with low thermal conductivity, making them good insulators, include polyurethane foam at 0.02 W/m K, silica aerogel at 0.003 W/m K, and fiberglass or cork board around 0.04 W/m K. The document also notes that published thermal conductivity values may vary and provides examples of polyurethane foam conductivity calculations from NIST.

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    Thermal Conductivity

    Material Diamond Silver Copper Gold Brass Aluminum Iron Steel Lead Mercury Ice Glass,ordinary Concrete Water at 20 C Asbestos Snow (dry) Fiberglass Brick,insulating Brick, red Cork board Wool felt Rock wool Polystyrene (styrofoam) Polyurethane Wood Air at 0 C Helium (20C) Hydrogen(20C) Thermal conductivity Thermal conductivity (cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) (W/m K)* ... 1.01 0.99 ... ... 0.50 0.163 ... 0.083 ... 0.005 0.0025 0.002 0.0014 0.0004 0.00026 0.00015 ... ... 0.00011 0.0001 ... ... ... 0.0001 0.000057 ... ... 1000 406.0 385.0 314 109.0 205.0 79.5 50.2 34.7 8.3 1.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.08 ... 0.04 0.15 0.6 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.033 0.02 0.12-0.04 0.024 0.138 0.172

    Nitrogen(20C) Oxygen(20C) Silica aerogel

    ... ... ...

    0.0234 0.0238 0.003

    *Most from Young, Hugh D., University Physics, 7th Ed. Table 15-5. Values for diamond and silica aerogel from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Note that 1 (cal/sec)/(cm2 C/cm) = 419 W/m K. With this in mind, the two columns above are not always consistent. All values are from published tables, but can't be taken as authoritative. The value of 0.02 W/mK for polyurethane can be taken as a nominal figure which establishes polyurethane foam as one of the best insulators. NIST published a numerical approximation routine for calculating the thermal conductivity of polyurethane at http://cryogenics.nist.gov/NewFiles/Polyurethane.html . Their calculation for freon filled polyurethane of density 1.99 lb/ft3 at 20C gives a thermal conductivity of 0.022 W/mK. The calculation for CO2 filled polyurethane of density 2.00 lb/ft3 gives 0.035 W/mK .

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