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Insulation-best
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Introduction:
| Heat flows naturally
from a warmer to a cooler space. In the winter, this heat flow
moves directly from all heated living spaces to adjacent unheated
attics, garages, and basements, or to the outdoors; or indirectly
through interior ceilings, walls, and floors--wherever there is a
difference in temperature. During summer, heat flows from outdoors
to the house interior. To maintain comfort, the heat lost in
winter must be replaced by your heating system and the heat gained
in summer must be removed by your air conditioner. |
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Project
description:
Insulating ceilings, walls, and floors decreases this heat flow by
providing an effective resistance to the flow of heat. currently
fiberglass the most commonly used heat insulator for inside the walls
and ceilings. Other widely used insulating materials are cellulose, rigid
polyurethane foam, Styrofoam and etc.
In this project you will compare some
of these materials to see which one is the best insulating material. We
also want to see what is the effect of thickness of these material on
their insulation properties. |
Details
of this project:
More details or support on this project is available for the
members of ScienceProject.com. Material
needed for experiment or a science kit about this title may be
available at MiniScience.com. |
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