Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.

K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Acetone Acetylene (gas) Acrylic Air, athmosphere (gas) Alcohol Aluminum Aluminum Oxide Ammonia (gas) Antimony Apple (85.6% moisture) Argon (gas) Asbestos-cement board Asbestos-cement sheets Asbestos-cement 0.16 0.018 0.2 0.024 0.17 205 30 0.022 18.5 0.39 0.016 0.744 0.166 2.07 215 250 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Asbestos, loosely packed Asbestos mill board Asphalt Balsa wood Bitumen Bitumen/felt layers Beef, lean (78.9 % moisture) Benzene Beryllium Bitumen Blast furnace gas (gas) Brass Breeze block Brick dense 0.15 0.14 0.75 0.048 0.17 0.5 0.43 - 0.48 0.16 218 0.17 0.02 109 0.10 - 0.20 1.31 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Brickwork, common Brickwork, dense Butter (15% moisture content) Cadmium Calcium silicate Carbon Carbon dioxide (gas) Cement, portland Cement, mortar Chalk Chlorine (gas) Chrome Nickel Steel (18% Cr, 8 % Ni) Clay, dry to moist Clay, saturated 0.6 -1.0 1.6 0.20 92 0.05 1.7 0.0146 0.29 1.73 0. 09 0.0081 16.3 0.15 - 1.8 0.6 - 2.5 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Cobalt Cod (83% moisture content) Concrete, lightweight Concrete, medium Concrete, dense Concrete, stone Constantan Copper Corian (ceramic filled) Corkboard Cork, regranulated Cork Cotton wool Carbon Steel 69 0.54 0.1 - 0.3 0.4 - 0.7 1.0 - 1.8 1.7 22 401 1.06 0.043 0.044 0.07 0.029 54 51 47 400 398 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Cotton Wool insulation Diatomaceous earth (Sil-o-cel) Diatomite Earth, dry Engine Oil Ether Ethylene (gas) Epoxy Ethylene glycol Felt insulation Fibreglass Fibre insulating board Fibre hardboard Fireclay brick 500oC 0.029 0.06 0.12 1.5 0.15 0.14 0.017 0.35 0.25 0.04 0.04 0.048 0.2 1.4 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Foam glass Freon 12 (gas) Freon (liquid) Gasoline Glass Glass, Pearls, dry Glass, Pearls, saturated Glass, window Glass, wool Insulation Glycerol Gold Granite Gravel Gypsum board 0.045 0.073 0.07 0.15 1.05 0.18 0.76 0.96 0.04 0.28 310 1.7 - 4.0 0.7 0.17 312 310 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Hairfelt Hardboard high density Hardwoods (oak, maple..) Helium (gas) Honey (12.6% moisture content) Hydrochlor acid (gas) Hydrogen (gas) Hydrogen sulfide (gas) Ice (0oC, 32oF) Insulation materials Iridium Iron Iron, wrought Iron, cast 0.05 0.15 0.16 0.142 0.5 0.013 0.168 0.013 2.18 0.035 - 0.16 147 80 59 55 68 60 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Kapok insulation Kerosene Krypton (gas) Lead Pb Leather, dry Limestone Magnesia insulation (85%) Magnesite Magnesium Marble Mercury Methane (gas) Methanol Mica 0.034 0.15 0.0088 35 0.14 1.26 - 1.33 0.07 4.15 156 2.08 - 2.94 8 0.030 0.21 0.71 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Milk Mineral wool insulation materials, wool blankets .. Molybdenum Monel Neon (gas) Nickel Nitrogen (gas) Nylon 6 Oil, machine lubricating SAE 50 Olive oil Oxygen (gas) Paper Paraffin Wax Perlite, atmospheric pressure 0.53 125 225

0.04

138 26 0.046 91 0.024 0.25 0.15 0.17 0.024 0.05 0.25 0.031

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Perlite, vacuum Plaster light Plaster, metal lath Plaster, sand Plaster, wood lath Plastics, foamed (insulation materials) Platinum Plywood Polyethylene HD Polypropylene Polystyrene, expanded Polystyrol Polyurethane foam Porcelain 0.00137 0.2 0.47 0.71 0.28 0.03 70 0.13 0.42 - 0.51 0.1 - 0.22 0.03 0.043 0.03 1.5 71 72 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Potato, raw flesh Propane (gas) PTFE PVC Pyrex glass Quartz mineral Rock, solid Rock, porous volcanic (Tuff) Rock Wool insulation Rubber, natural Salmon (73% moisture content) Sand, dry Sand, moist Sand, saturated 0.55 0.015 0.25 0.19 1.005 3 2-7 0.5 - 2.5 0.045 0.13 0.50 0.15 - 0.25 0.25 - 2 2-4 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Sandstone Sawdust Sheeps wool Silica aerogel Silicone oil Silver Slag wool Slate Snow (temp < 0oC) Sodium Softwoods (fir, pine ..) Soil, with organic matter Soil, saturated Steel, Carbon 1% 1.7 0.08 0.039 0.02 0.1 429 0.042 2.01 0.05 - 0.25 84 0.12 0.15 - 2 0.6 - 4 43 125 225

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Stainless Steel Straw slab insulation, compressed Styrofoam Sulfur dioxide (gas) Sugars Timber Tin Sn Zinc Zn Urethane foam Vermiculite Vinyl ester Water Water, vapor (steam) Wheat flour 0.45 16 0.09 0.033 0.0086 0.087 - 0.22 0.14 67 116 0.021 0.058 0.25 0.58 0.016 125 17 225 19

Thermal Conductivity - k - W/(m.K) Temperature - oC Material/Substance 25 Wood across the grain, white pine Wood across the grain, balsa Wood across the grain, yellow pine, timber Wood, oak Wool, felt Wood wool, slab Xenon (gas)

125

225

0.12 0.055 0.147 0.17 0.07 0.1 - 0.15 0.0051

1 W/(m.K) = 1 W/(m.oC) = 0.85984 kcal/(h.m.oC) = 0.5779 Btu/(ft.h.oF) = 0.048 Btu/(in.h.oF)