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Heat transfer in foams

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One of the primary applications of polymeric foams is for thermal insulations. Because of the modest proportion of solid in a foam and the consequent large volume fraction of gas which has a much lower thermal conductivity the resultant conductivity of the foam is much less than that of a solid body made of the same material. In this chapter the foam conductivity refers to the effective value exhibited by the foam. It is the ratio of the rate of heat transfer per unit cross-sectional area to the applied temperature difference.

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  1. Materials Research Institute, Division of Applied Physics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

    N. C. Hilyard (Honorary Research Fellow) (Honorary Research Fellow)

  2. Company Science and Technology Associate, International R&T Centre, ICI Polyurethanes, Everberg, Belgium

    A. Cunningham

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Glicksman, L.R. (1994). Heat transfer in foams. In: Hilyard, N.C., Cunningham, A. (eds) Low density cellular plastics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1256-7_5

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