- Author
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Ho, C. Y.
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Desai, P. D.
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Wu, K. Y.
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Havill, T. N.
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Lee, T. Y.
- Title
- Thermophysical Properties of Polystyrene and Poly(vinyl Chloride). Final Report.
- Coporate
- Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis, West Lafayette, IN
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS GCR 77-83; CINDAS Report 38,
March 1977,
110 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-510374
- Keywords
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fire research
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polymers
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polystyrene
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polyvinyl chloride
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thermal diffusivity
- Abstract
- This technical report presents the most comprehensively compiled experimental data and the critically evaluated and recommended reference values for the therm condustivity, specific heat, density, and thermal diffusivity of polystyrene and poly(vinyl chloride). The compiled data include all the experimental data available from the literature. The recommended values generated from critical evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of the available data and information are for solid (unexpanded) polystyrene with a density of 1.050 g cm-(3), for foamed polystyrene expanded with air with densities of 0.060 and 0.010 g cm-(3), for solid poly(vinyl chloride) with a density of 1.400 g cm-3, and for foamed poly(vinyl chloride) expanded with air with densities of 0.060 and 0.020 g cm-(3). The temperature range covered by the compiled data on some of the properties is from cryogenic temperatures to above the melting point of the material. The recommended values for polystyrene cover the temperature range from 100 to 600 K and those for poly(vinyl chloride) cover the range from 100 to 400 K.