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C1363-97 standard test method for the thermal performance of building assemblies by means of a hot box apparatus

ASTM
1997
American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pa
building assemblies; hot box; test method; thermal properties; thermal resistance

ASTM, (1997), C1363-97 standard test method for the thermal performance of building assemblies by means of a hot box apparatus, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pa.
Abstract:
See also: ISO Standard 8990 Thermal Insulation Determination of Steady State Thermal Properties-Calibrated and Guarded Hot Box, ISO 8990-1994(E).

1. Scope

1.1 This test method covers the laboratory measurement of heat transfer through a specimen under controlled air temperature, air velocity, and thermal radiation conditions established in a metering chamber on one side and in a climatic chamber on the other side.

2. Referenced Documents

C1045 Practice for Calculating Thermal Transmission Properties from Steady-State Heat Flux Measurements

C1058 Practice for Selecting Temperatures for Reporting and Evaluating Thermal Properties of Thermal Insulations

C1114 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Thin-Heater Apparatus

C1130 Practice for Calibrating Thin Heat Flux Transducers

C1132 Practice for Calibration of the Heat Flow Meter Apparatus

C1199 Test Method for Measuring the Steady State Thermal Transmittance of Fenestration Systems Using Hot Box Methods

C168 Termninology Relating to Thermal Insulating Materials

C177 Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus

C236 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal Performance of Building Assemblies by Means of a Guarded Hot Box

C518 Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Heat Flow Meter Apparatus

C870 Practice for Conditioning of Thermal Insulating Materials

C976 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal Performance of Building Assemblies by Means of a Calibrated Hot Box

E1423 Practice for Determining the Steady State Thermal Transmittance of Fenestration Systems

E1424 Test Method for Determining the Rate of Air Leakage Through Exterior Windows, Curtain Walls, and Doors Under Specified Pressure and Temperature Differences Across the Specimen

E230 Standard Temperature-Electromotive Force (EMF) Tables for Thermocouples

E283 Test Method for Rate of Air Leakage Through Exterior Windows, Curtain Walls and Doors

ASHRAE Handbook 1993 Fundamentals Volume, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

ISO Standard 8990 Thermal Insulation Determination of Steady State Thermal Properties-Calibrated and Guarded Hot Box, ISO 8990-1994(E)
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