R-value,
Definition of R-value:
Unit of heat resistance used as a measure of the effectiveness of insulation in stopping heat flow opposite of conductance. It is computed by determining the thermal conductance of a material expressed as thickness per unit area of the material required to maintain for one hour one unit temperature difference between its two sides. Dividing 1 by thermal conductance gives the materials R-value, and the higher it is the greater the materials heat insulation effectiveness and slower the heat flow through it. In metric units an R-value of 1 equals 0.17 square meter kelvin per watt, equal to 1.13 clo or 1.76 tog for clothing. A brick-and-mortar building typically has an R-value of 20 which can be enhanced to about 35 by using fiberglass insulation.
How to use R-value in a sentence?
- Knowing what the R-value of everything in your industrial complex is will help you be better prepared to avoid a disaster.
- When you want to know what part of your factory to do a certain job in you should take the r-value of the area into account.
- My teacher informed me that the resistance to the flow of heat was called the R-Value, which interested me a great deal.
Meaning of R-value & R-value Definition
