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Author
Zarr, R. R.
Title
History of Testing Heat Insulators at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Coporate
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Journal
ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 107, No. 2, 1-11, June 2001
Keywords
building materials | building performance | building technology | calibrated hot box | guarded hot box | guarded hot plate | heat transmission | SRM | SRD
Identifiers
NIST standard reference materials for thermal resistance; Robinson's 1961 review of NBS steady-state test methods for solids
Abstract
The history of testing heat insulators at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards is nearly as long as the history of the institute itself. The participation of the institute in building research provided an important role in the development of test methods for measuring the heat transmission of insulating and building materials. The principal measurement technique pursued in this history is the development and subsequent standardization of the guarded-hot-plate method.