Monday, 10 December 2007

Interesting thermal conductivity chart

The conductivity chart is at the bottom. Check out cotton wool compared to Eiderdown! And asbestos!

http://www.ogdenmfg.com/pdf/tech9.pdf


If you look at this chart and also the heat specificity chart above and check out how wool and oak compare to rubber and then to aluminium and then steel and you can see why some of the replica Mallory equipment proved to be popular with Graham Hoyland and Alan Hinkes.

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